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Nature and Love
(Природа и любовь)
Trio with chorus (1870).
| Catalogue References | TH 72; ČW 311 |
|---|---|
| Date | December 1870 |
| Text | Composer |
| Language | Russian |
| Key | G♭ major |
| Tempo/Section Listing | Andante (G♭ major, 263 bars) |
| Instrumentation | 2 Sopranos, Alto voices; Chorus (SSA) + Piano |
| First Performance | Moscow, 16/28 March 1871 |
| Autograph Location | Lost |
| First Publication | Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1894 |
| Average Duration | 6 minutes |
| Dedication | Berta Osipovna Val'zek |
| External Links |
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
 (downloadable score)The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
(texts and translations) |
History
Written in December 1870 for students of Berta Val'zek's singing class at the Moscow Conservatory. It was played for the first time, apparently, at a concert given by students of Berta Val'zek, and repeated at a concert of Tchaikovsky's works on 16/28 March 1871 [1].
The trio was dedicated to Berta Val'zek, and published by Pyotr Jurgenson in October 1894 [2].
From:
Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 477
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston
Notes:
- Modest Tchaikovsky, Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 3 (1902), pp. 366, 369, and Nikolay Kashkin, Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1896), p. 90 [back]
- Passed by the censor on 12/24 March 1894 [back]