I Don't Know!

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I Don't Know! (Не знаю!) (TH 198 ; ČW 320) [1] is a short vocal piece in the form of a tongue-twister, included in Tchaikovsky's Letter 4444 to Aleksandr Litke, 22 July/3 August 1891.

It was written for unaccompanied high voice, with the tempo marking 'Allegro agitato' (A minor, 8 bars) [2].

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Entitled "I Don't Know! Allow Us to Receive Letters from Bobik, Too!" in ČW.
  2. ↑ Published in facsimile in П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVI-А (1978), p. 182; transcribed in Неизвестный Чайковский (2009), p. 203-204, and The Tchaikovsky papers. Unlocking the family archive (2018), p. 194.
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