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TH 73

Spring

Весна

For unaccompanied women's voices, C major (?1871).

• Composed by June 1871.
• Text by "N.N." [Tchaikovsky].
• Scored for unaccompanied SSA chorus.
• Average duration: 1m 20s.

History

This chorus was lost for many years, until a printed edition of the score was discovered in the early 1990s [1]. It was probably commissioned by Karl Albrecht for his Handbook of Choral Singing [2], which was approved for publication by the state censor on 3/15 June 1871.

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 229
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston

References:

1. See П. И. Чайковский: Забытое и новое (Moscow, 1993): 136–141 [back]
2. K. K. Albrecht, Руководство к хоровому пению по цифирной методе Шеве, преимущество для народных школ, вып. 2 (1872): 29 [back]