Hello, everyone. I'm a Japanese fan of Tchaikovsky's music. I have read
in a old Japanese book that the main theme in 1st mov.of the Fifth Symphony
(c^e-e-e^fis^g^a_g_fis_e,_c^g-g-g_fis-fis_e-e) was derived from a Polish
folk song, I think that it is similar to the theme in Scherzo of Robert
Schumann's Fourth Symphony, dedicated to his wife Clara on her birthday
(a^d-d^e-e^f-f^g-g_f-f_e-e_d), but the text did not refer to details. Is
it true? If so, I'd like to know the TITLE and WORDS of the song in Polish
or English. thank you.
Kamomeno Iwao
I've never come across such a suggestion before, but it there was a
similarity to a Polish folk song I'd be very surprised if it was anything
other than co-incidental.
Brett Langston