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Do Not Wake, My Friend

Не просыпайся мой друг

Sketch, A minor (?1891-92).

  • An unrealised project, dating from around December 1891 - January 1892.
  • Written for SATB voices.

History

This short thematic sketch is included with sketches for the sextet Souvenir de Florence, and presumably dates from December 1891 or January 1892. In the last few bars the soprano part is set to the words "Do not wake my friend".

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 415
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston