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Tchaikovsky's personal library at [[Klin]] includes a volume of poetry by Pyotr Shumakher, entitled ''My Fellow Countrymen. | Tchaikovsky's personal library at [[Klin]] includes a volume of poetry by Pyotr Shumakher, entitled ''My Fellow Countrymen. Satirical Jokes in Verse'' (Мой земляки. Сатирические шутки в стихах) (Berlin, 1880). Next to the poem '''''An Intricate Case''''' (Мудреный случай) the composer sketched a theme (in A-flat major, 28 bars) <ref name="note1"/>, which was presumably intended for a song or other vocal setting of the poem ([[TH]] 250 ; [[ČW]] 510) <ref name="note2"/>. | ||
There are no other references to this work in Tchaikovsky's letters or diaries. | There are no other references to this work in Tchaikovsky's letters or diaries. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:58, 5 March 2023
Tchaikovsky's personal library at Klin includes a volume of poetry by Pyotr Shumakher, entitled My Fellow Countrymen. Satirical Jokes in Verse (Мой земляки. Сатирические шутки в стихах) (Berlin, 1880). Next to the poem An Intricate Case (Мудреный случай) the composer sketched a theme (in A-flat major, 28 bars) [1], which was presumably intended for a song or other vocal setting of the poem (TH 250 ; ČW 510) [2].
There are no other references to this work in Tchaikovsky's letters or diaries.
Notes and References
- ↑ Published in Yelena Orlova, Романсы Чайковского (1948), p. 153.
- ↑ Entitled "The Complicated Case" in TH.
