On tak menja ljubil; Он так меня любил (He loved me so; He loved me so dear)
| Song Title | On tak menja ljubil; Он так меня любил (Search) |
| Title in English | He loved me so; He loved me so dear (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | A. N. Apukhtin (Alekseĭ Nikolaevich; Апухтин Алексей Николаевич (after Delphine Gay de Girardin)) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afraid; Alarms; Angry; Ashamed; Asking; Away; Blushing; Breasts; Calling; Catching; Chances; Coming; Contrition; Couples; Cursing; Distance; Distant; Dresses; Ending; Every; Failures; Fear; Fearing; Feeling; Flowers; Fond; Glances; Going; Gone; Groves; Hearts; Heavy; In Vain; Innocence; Innocent; Longing; Love; Lovers; Loving; Making; Men; Missing; Never; No; Opportunities; Past; Past Love; Pleasing; Presence; Regret; Regrets; Regretting; Relationships; Remorse; Rending; Saying; Scorned; Scorning; Seeing; Seeking; Shame; Shy; Shyness; Sorrow; Spurning; Strange; Sunset; Talking; Timid; Two; Unanswered Love; Unaware; Unexpressed; Unknowing; Unlucky; Unrequited Love; Waiting; Wanting; Weak; Wearing; Weeping; Yes; Young; Young Love; Youths |
| First Line | Net, ne ljubila ja! no strannaja zabota; Нет, не любила я! но странная забота (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1875 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=117447 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Rounded binary (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/f1/IMSLP19053-PMLP44980-Tchak_TH099.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3w1i2zqcLO32Fb54vgE48j?si=L_P5-LmMR0WcsP81y3XK1g |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 28 no. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | D4 - A5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Yekaterina Massini; Екатерина Массини (Search) |
| Notes | translation of Girardin's poem "Il m'aimait tant! Romance" ("He loved me so much! Romance") (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://www.worldcat.org/title/tchaikovskys-complete-songs-a-companion-with-texts-and-translations/oclc/46835585; http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Main_Page (Search) |
| Contributor | ?/MRH , Morgan Horning (Search) |