| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 11 songs |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 2011-12, revised in 2024 |
| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
| Work Title | Chansons d'une étrangère |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Nazaykinskaya, Olga |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.6 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | None [force assignment] |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 11 songs: 1. Les Amours lointains: Chanson d’une étrangère - Chanson d’amour lointain - Lancelot (G minor, A minor, 221 bars) 2. Mnazile et Chloé (B♭ major, 199 bars) 3. Tout s’anime dans la nature (B♭ major,54 bars) 4. À Coupidon (E♭ major, 34 bars) 5. Le Pot de fleurs (B minor, 41 bars) 6. Soupir (E minor, 84 bars) 7. La Goutte de nectar (D♭ major, 43 bars) 8. L’Aurore (D major, 51 bars) 9. Scrupule (G minor, 71 bars) 10. La Géométrie (A♭ major, 50 bars) 11 L’Étranger (G minor, 97 bars) |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2011-12, revised in 2024 |
| First Performance. | 2012 — youtube: Susanna Proskura (soprano), Professor Chaos (piano) |
| Librettist | see below: 1.Olga Nazaykinskaya (born 1962), Jaufré Rudel (ca.1125-ca.1148),Chrétien de Troyes (1130-1185?) 2.André Chénier (1762–1794) 3.Antoine de Bertin (1752–1790) 4.Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585) 5.Théophile Gautier (1811–1872) 6-9.and 11. Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) 10.Lyon-François des Roys (1768–1804) 9bis.Sergey Andreyevsky (1847–1919) |
| Language | see below: English (no.1), French (nos. 1-11),Old Occitan (no.1), Old French (no.1), Russian (no.9bis) |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 42 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano |
Appendix I: the song «Robost» no.9bis is placed here because it is intended to be performed separately (thus it is not an optional replacement of no.9).The original text is given in the Russian translation by Sergey Andreyevsky (1847–1919) and there exist minor modifications of the vocal line.
Appendix II contains: The authour’s remarks about pronunciation in Old Occitan and Old French,
The texts by Jaufré Rudel and Chrétien de Troyes translated in English by the author.
The first performance of the work was not integral: the songs nos.1-5 were uploded by Susanna Proskura between 2012-05-02 and 2013-02-14 (see the youtube playlist)
The complete work was first performed by Olga Nazaykinskaya (soprano) and Tatiana Andrianova (piano) in Moscow on June, 10, 2012.
