Work Title
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7 Romances
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Alternative. Title
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7 романсов
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Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.47 ; TH 103
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 96
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Key
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see below
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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7 songs:
- If Only I Had Known Allegro moderato (C minor, 164 bars)
- Softly the Spirt Flew up to Heaven Andante con moto (E major, 73 bars)
- Dusk Fell on the Earth Allegro moderato (F major, 149 bars)
- Sleep, Poor Friend Andante non tanto (G♭ major, 75 bars)
- I Bless You, Forests Andante sostenuto (F major, 72 bars)
- Does the Day Reign? Andantino—Allegro agitato (E major, 77 bars)
- Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? Moderato (F♯ minor, 67 bars)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1880
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First Performance.
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1888-01-07 — St. Petersburg, Russian Musical Society. No.7 arr. for soprano and orchestra
- Elizaveta Lavrovskaia (soprano), Leopold Auer (conductor)
1888-02-16 — Paris, Concerts Colonne. No.6 arr. for soprano and orchestra
- Marie Benardaky (soprano), Colonne Orchestra, Pyotr Tchaikovsky (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1881 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. 43 pages. Plates 4252 to 4258. 1890 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. No.7 arr. for soprano and orchestra,. 13 pages. Plate 17428.
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Librettist
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4 authors:
- 1, 2, 4, 5. Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875)
- 3. Nikolai Berg (1823–1884), after Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855)
- 6. Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
- 7. Ivan Surikov (1841–1880)
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Language
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Russian
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Dedication
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Aleksandra Panayeva-Kartsova (1853–1942)
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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30 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research
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Extra Information
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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).
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