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TH 96
Two Songs
Две песен
With piano accompaniment (1873).
| No | Title | Key | Text | Dedication |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take My Heart Away Уноси мое сердце |
A minor | Afanasii Fet, from his poem To a Songstress [Певице] (1857). | |
| 2 |
Blue Eyes of Spring |
A major | Mikhail Mikhailov, from an untitled poem in the cycle New Spring [Новая весна] (1857) — a translation from the German of Heinrich Heine's Die blauen Frühlingsaugen (1831). |
- Composed September 1873(?).
- Scored for medium voice with piano.
- Average duration: 5m (set).
History
The origins of these two romances are unknown. They were first published individually in the November 1873 and January 1874 editions of the journal Nuvellist respectively [1].
They were later published independently by Nikolai Bernard with other works, and reprinted by Petr Jurgenson in October 1885 [2].
Some of the words of the poem Blue Eyes of Spring (No. 2) were altered by Tchaikovsky.
From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), pp.
438–439
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston
References:
- Both songs were passed by the censor on 29 September/11 October 1873 [back].
- Both songs were passed by the censor on 2/14 September 1885 [back].
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