I am a soprano singer and I am working at the moment on the 6 Romances Op. 6 of Tchaïkowsky. I would like
to know, if the music of the second romance, which text is originally from
Goethe, was composed by Tchaïkowsky for the german text or for the Russian
one.
Thank you for your answer and excuse me for my not so good Englisch.
Juliette, France
Dear Juliet,
Yes, Tchaikovsky set all the romances in this set to Russian words
only. For example, in the case of No. 6, he used a Russian translation of
Goethe's German text by Lev Mei. Tchaikovsky's autograph score, and the
first published edition (1870) do not have any German texts.
Brett Langston