7 Romances, Op.47 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	7 songs: If Only I Had Known (Кабы знала я) Allegro moderato (C minor, 164 bars) Softly the Spirt Flew up to Heaven (Горними тихо летела луша небесами) Andante con moto (E major, 73 bars) Dusk Fell on the Earth (На землю сумрак пал) Allegro moderato (F major, 149 bars) Sleep, Poor Friend (Усни, печальный друг) Andante non tanto (G♭ major, 75 bars) I Bless You, Forests (Благословляю вас, леса) Andante sostenuto (F major, 72 bars) Does the Day Reign? (День ли царит) Andantino—Allegro agitato (E major, 77 bars) Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? (Я ли в поле да не травушка была?) Moderato (F♯ minor, 67 bars)
Composition Year	1880
Genre Categories	Romances; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; Russian language; For voice, orchestra (arr); For voices with orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Vocal Scores
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? (No.7)
    - 2.2.1.1 For Voice and Orchestra (Tchaikovsky)
3 General Information

Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Complete Score
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Editor	Ivan Shishov (1888–1947) Nikolay Shemanin (1903–?)
Publisher. Info.	Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), vol.44 Moscow: Muzgiz, 1940. Plate M. 16971 Г. Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Vocal Series No.6762
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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7. "Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow?" (E minor)
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Language	Russian / German
Translator	Yury Arnold (1811-1898), German text
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1885]. Plate 6532.
Reprinted	Moscow: Muzgiz, 1934. Plate 944.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? (No.7)

For Voice and Orchestra (Tchaikovsky)

7. Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass?
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Editor	Irina Iordan (1910–1976)
Publisher. Info.	Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), vol.27 Moscow: Muzgiz, 1960. Plate M. 18604 Г. Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.588
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Misc. Notes	Voice: soprano Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (F) + strings Original publisher info and plate numbers omitted in reprint Text and footnotes in Russian (Cyrillic). URTEXT EDITION This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland), and only if the edition is published after the copyrights of the original creator(s) have expired. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States, as the copyright on the original work may not have expired. More information can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
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General Information

Work Title	7 Romances
Alternative. Title	7 романсов
Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.47 ; TH 103
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IPT 96
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	7 songs: If Only I Had Known (Кабы знала я) Allegro moderato (C minor, 164 bars) Softly the Spirt Flew up to Heaven (Горними тихо летела луша небесами) Andante con moto (E major, 73 bars) Dusk Fell on the Earth (На землю сумрак пал) Allegro moderato (F major, 149 bars) Sleep, Poor Friend (Усни, печальный друг) Andante non tanto (G♭ major, 75 bars) I Bless You, Forests (Благословляю вас, леса) Andante sostenuto (F major, 72 bars) Does the Day Reign? (День ли царит) Andantino—Allegro agitato (E major, 77 bars) Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? (Я ли в поле да не травушка была?) Moderato (F♯ minor, 67 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1880
First Performance.	1888-01-07 — St. Petersburg, Russian Musical Society: Elizaveta Lavrovskaia (soprano), Leopold Auer (conductor). Arrangement of No.7 for soprano and orchestra. 1888-02-16 — Paris: Marie Benardaky (soprano), Colonne Orchestra, Pyotr Tchaikovsky (conductor). Arrangement of No.6 for soprano and orchestra.
First Publication.	1881 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. 43 pages. Plates 4252 to 4258. 1890 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Arrangement of No.7 for soprano and orchestra,. 13 pages. Plate 17428.
Librettist	Various: 1, 2, 4, 5. Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875) 3. Nikolay Berg (1823–1884), after Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855) 6. Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893) 7. Ivan Surikov (1841–1880)
Language	Russian
Dedication	Aleksandra Panayeva-Kartsova (1853–1942)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voice + Piano
External Links	Tchaikovsky Research The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
Extra Information	No.7 was arranged for soprano and orchestra by Tchaikovsky, 1884. No.6 was also arranged for soprano and orchestra by Tchaikovsky, 1888 (now lost).