Song of Triumphant Love
Песнь торжествующей любви
Sketches (1887).
| Catalogue References |
TH 227 (not in ČW 456) |
| Date |
February 1887 (unrealized project) |
| Libretto |
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
(1818–1883), after his short story of the same name (1881) |
| Language |
Russian |
| Autograph Location |
Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky House-Museum
Archive (sketches only) |
History
Sketches for this vocal work are contained in Tchaikovsky's Notebook for
1887. The composer’s diary entry for 1/13 February 1887 mentions that he was
reading Turgenev’s short story
of the same name [1].
The words do not appear in the musical sketch.
From:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 409
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston
Notes:
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Дневники П. И. Чайковского (1923), p. 125 [back] . It should also be noted that in letter
2385 to Karl August Tavaststjerna,
dated 8/20 November 1883, Tchaikovsky discussed a romance set to a poem by Tavaststjerna's, also
called Song of Triumphant Love.
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