Two Songs
Две песни
Sketches (1886–87).
Oh No, Do Not Love Me Just For Beauty Alone (О
нет! За красоту ты не люби меня)
| Catalogue References |
TH 225 ; ČW 501 (as "Oh, No. Don't Love
Me For My Beauty"). |
| Date |
September 1886–December 1887 (unrealized) |
| Text |
Grand Duke
Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858–1916), from his poem
From the German (С немецкого) (1886),
published under the initials "K.R." |
| Language |
Russian |
| Key |
F major |
| Instrumentation |
High voice + Piano |
| Autograph Location |
Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky House-Museum
Archive (sketches only) |
| Notes |
Completed in 1944 by Boris Asaf'ev |
I Saw You in a Dream (Тебя я видела во сне)
| Catalogue References |
TH 225 ; ČW 502 (as "I Dreamt of You") |
| Date |
September 1886–December 1887 (unrealized) |
| Text |
Grand Duke
Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858–1916), from an untitled
poem (1883), published under the initials "K.R." |
| Language |
Russian |
| Key |
G minor |
| Instrumentation |
High voice + Piano |
| Autograph Location |
Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky House-Museum
Archive (sketches only) |
| Notes |
Completed in 1944 by Boris Asaf'ev |
History
Sketches for both these romances are found in a book of poetry by the Grand
Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich
("K.R."), which the author presented to Tchaikovsky in September 1886 [1]. Tchaikovsky
made annotations and musical sketches by a number of poems, most of which were
eventually used in the set of Six Romances
[Op. 63]. However, the sketches for Oh No, Do Not Love Me Just For Beauty
Alone and I Saw You in a Dream, were not subsequently developed.
From:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 408
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston
Notes
- Стиховрения К. Р. (Saint Petersburg, 1886),
in the composer's personal library at the Klin House-Museum Archive [back]
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