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Tchaikovsky's notebook for 1883 contains notes of two themes in G major/E minor ([[TH]] 220), made while he was staying with his brother [[Anatoly]] at [[Podushkino]], near [[Moscow]] <ref name="note1"/>. The first theme is a variant of the folk-song 'Mother reproaches me' (Мамашенька браниця), and the second resembles the folk-tune 'Masha is not allowed' (Не веляи Маше).
Tchaikovsky's notebook for 1883 contains notes of two themes in G major/E minor ([[TH]] 220), made while he was staying with his brother [[Anatoly]] at [[Podushkino]], near [[Moscow]] <ref name="note1"/>. The first theme is a variant of the folk song 'Mother reproaches me' (Мамашенька браниця), and the second resembles the folk-tune 'Masha is not allowed' (Не веляи Маше).


Above the sketches is the note: "''3 July''. (''Alyosha'' and the laundress)". "Alyosha" was the familiar name of Tchaikovsky's servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]]. Between the themes are the words "Mum is cursing, since the daughter <illegible>. She still doesn't know who is her beloved" <ref name="note2"/>. This suggests that Tchaikovsky was probably making sketches for a projected musical entertainment at [[Podushkino]].
Above the sketches is the note: "''3 July''. (''Alyosha'' and the laundress)". "Alyosha" was the familiar name of Tchaikovsky's servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]]. Between the themes are the words "Mum is cursing, since the daughter <illegible>. She still doesn't know who is her beloved" <ref name="note2"/>. This suggests that Tchaikovsky was probably making sketches for a projected musical entertainment at [[Podushkino]].

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Tchaikovsky's notebook for 1883 contains notes of two themes in G major/E minor (TH 220), made while he was staying with his brother Anatoly at Podushkino, near Moscow [1]. The first theme is a variant of the folk song 'Mother reproaches me' (Мамашенька браниця), and the second resembles the folk-tune 'Masha is not allowed' (Не веляи Маше).

Above the sketches is the note: "3 July. (Alyosha and the laundress)". "Alyosha" was the familiar name of Tchaikovsky's servant Aleksey Sofronov. Between the themes are the words "Mum is cursing, since the daughter <illegible>. She still doesn't know who is her beloved" [2]. This suggests that Tchaikovsky was probably making sketches for a projected musical entertainment at Podushkino.

Notes and References

  1. Entitled Alesha and the Laundress in TH; described with Tchaikovsky's Notebook No. 14 in ČW, p. 956.
  2. Quoted in ČW, p. 956.