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| '''''Souvenir de Hapsal''''', [[Op.]] 2 ([[TH]] 125 ; [[ČW]] 100 to 102) <ref name="note1"/>, was Tchaikovsky's first cycle of pieces for solo piano, written in the summer of 1867 while he was staying at the Estonian resort of [[Hapsal]] (now [[Haapsalu]]). | | Russian poet, dramatist, and inspector of the [[Moscow]] Theatrical School (b. 1849; d. 1932), born '''''Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Shidlovskaya''''' (Александра Дмитриевна Шидловская); known after her marriage as Princess '''''Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Lvova''''' (Александра Дмитриевна Львова). |
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| ==Movements and Duration==
| | In 1891, Aleksandra Lvova sent some of her verses to Tchaikovsky. |
| # '''Ruines d'un château'''<br/>Adagio misterioso (E minor, 114 bars).
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| # '''Scherzo'''<br/>Allegro vivo (F major, 368 bars).
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| # '''Chant sans paroles'''<br/>Allegretto grazioso e cantabile (F major, 69 bars).
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| A complete performance of all three pieces lasts around 10 to 15 minutes.
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| ==Composition== | | ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky== |
| The pieces were written during a break from Tchaikovsky's work on the opera ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]'', in June and July 1867, while the composer was staying at [[Hapsal]] together with [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] and [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], and some members of the Davydov family <ref name="note2"/>.
| | One letter from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Lvova has survived, dating from 1891, and has been translated into English on this website: |
| | * '''[[Letter 4327]]''' – 12/24 February 1891, from [[Frolovskoye]] |
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| ==Performances==
| | One undated letter from Lvova to the composer is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]]. |
| It is not known when ''Ruines d'un château'' (No. 1) was first performed.
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| ''Scherzo'' (No. 2) was performed for the first time by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] at a special symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society in [[Moscow]], on 27 February/10 March 1868.
| | [[Category:People|Lvova, Aleksandra Dmitriyevna]] |
| | | [[Category:Composers|Lvova, Aleksandra Dmitriyevna]] |
| ''Chant sans paroles'' (No. 3) was first performed in [[Moscow]] by [[Karl Klindworth]] at the 1st Quartet Soirée of the Russian Musical Society on 2/14 October 1868 <ref name="note4"/>. Other notable early performances included:
| | [[Category:Correspondents|Lvova, Aleksandra Dmitiryevna]] |
| * [[Saint Petersburg]], Bolshoi Theatre concert, 28 February/12 March 1874, [[Anna Yesipova]] (piano) <ref name="note5"/>
| | [[Category:Writers|Lvova, Aleksandra Dmitriyevna]] |
| * Konstanz, 3rd symphony concert, 5/17 January 1881, Marie Heimlicher (piano)
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| * [[Saint Petersburg]], Imperial School of Jurisprudence, 3/15 March 1892, conducted by Tchaikovsky, in an orchestral arrangement by [[Max Erdmannsdörfer]]
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| ==Publication==
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| The cycle was published for the first time by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in 1868. Many years later, in 1884, when [[Jurgenson]] was undertaking to publish a selection of his works for piano, Tchaikovsky included the complete cycle in his list of pieces worthy of being reprinted <ref name="note3"/>.
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| ''Souvenir de Hapsal'' appears in volume 51А of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'' (1945), edited by Ivan Shishov.
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| ==Autographs==
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| The whereabouts of Tchaikovsky's manuscripts for all three pieces are unknown.
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| ==Recordings==
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| ==Dedications==
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| ''Souvenir de Hapsal'' is dedicated to [[Vera Butakova|Vera Davydova]], later Butakova (1843–1920), younger sister of [[Lev Davydov]] (husband of Tchaikovsky's sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]]), who was staying at [[Hapsal]] when Tchaikovsky wrote the piano pieces.
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| ==Related Works==
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| ''Scherzo'' (No. 2) was a reworking by Tchaikovsky of the central section of his [[Allegro in F minor]] for piano, which had been composed during his studies at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory in the early 1860s.
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| ==External Links==
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| * {{imslpscore|Souvenir_de_Hapsal,_Op.2_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Souvenir de Hapsal}}
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| ==Notes and References==
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| <ref name="note1">In [[ČW]] the titles of Nos. 1 and 3 are translated as ''Ruins of a Castle'' and ''Song Without Words'' respectively, and the title of the whole set as ''Recollections of Hapsal''.</ref>
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| <ref name="note2">See {{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 272.</ref>
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| <ref name="note3">See letters from [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] to Tchaikovsky, 17/29 April and 3/15 May 1884 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive. See also [[Letter 2485]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 8/20 May 1884.</ref>
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| <ref name="note4">See ''Signale für die Musikalische Welt'' (5 November 1868), No. 48, p. 985.</ref>
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| <ref name="note5">See ''Signale für die Musikalische Welt'' (May 1874), No. 25, p. 393.</ref>
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| </references>
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Russian poet, dramatist, and inspector of the Moscow Theatrical School (b. 1849; d. 1932), born Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Shidlovskaya (Александра Дмитриевна Шидловская); known after her marriage as Princess Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Lvova (Александра Дмитриевна Львова).
In 1891, Aleksandra Lvova sent some of her verses to Tchaikovsky.
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
One letter from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Lvova has survived, dating from 1891, and has been translated into English on this website:
One undated letter from Lvova to the composer is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin.
