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TH 128
Potpourri
Попурри
On themes from the opera The Voevoda (1867/68).
- Composed 1867 or 1868, based on themes from Tchaikovsky's opera The Voevoda.
- Scored for Piano solo (2 hands).
- Published under the pseudonym "H. Cramer".
- Average duration: 14m 10s.
History
Written by Tchaikovsky, apparently, before he destroyed the full score of
the opera The Voevoda. No information
about the work has survived.
The Potpourri uses the following themes from the opera, as indicated
in the published score:
- Bar 1: Overture (main theme)
- Bar 35: Chorus of Maidens (Act I, No. 1)
- Bar 50: Part of Bastriukov’s Aria (Act II, No. 12)
- Bar 70: Duet (Act I, No. 5)
- Bar 85: Voevoda’s theme (Act I).
- Bar 124. Finale (Act I, No. 9).
- Bar 143. Quartet (Act III, No. 26).
- Bar 187. Khorovod (Act II, No. 19).
- Bar 226. Duet (Act II, No. 17).
- Bar 256. Part of the Dances of the Chambermaids (Act II, No. 14).
- Bar 290. Mar'ia’s Ballad (Act I, No. 2).
- Bar 312. Finale (Act I, No. 9).
- Bar 320. Nedviga’s Song (Act I, No. 8).
- Bar 357. Part of the Dances of the Chambermaids (Act II, No. 14).
The Potpourri was published by Petr Jurgenson in 1868, but
under the pseudonym "Cramer" rather than under the composer’s name. The reason
for this is unknown.
From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958),
p. 393
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston
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