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Imitations of Russian Song

Подделки под русскую песнь

Sketches (?1884).

Catalogue References TH 222 (not in ČW)
Date (?) 1884
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive (sketches only)

History

Nothing is known about these musical sketches which appear in Tchaikovsky's Notebook for 1884–85, under the heading: "Imitations of Russian song". There are three themes, none of which can be identified with any known Russian folk-song, although they share many characteristics of the genre.

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 407
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston

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