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The Tangle

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Recitatives and music to a couplet for Pavel Fedorov's vaudeville (1867).

History

In December 1867, Tchaikovsky took part in amateur dramatic productions at the home of his acquaintances the Lopukhins in Moscow (on the Molchanovke). He assisted with three pieces: The Girl Hides in a Sack, The Tangle, and The Salt Wedding. According to Emiliia Kapnist's recollections [1], Tchaikovsky was an actor in the first piece, and for The Tangle he wrote recitatives and music for a couplet.

The music was not published, and the autograph has not survived.

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 191
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston

Notes:

1. Modest Tchaikovsky, Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 1 (1900), p. 285 [back]