Pojmi khot' raz; Пойми хоть раз (Understand just once; Accept just once)
| Song Title | Pojmi khot' raz; Пойми хоть раз (Search) |
| Title in English | Understand just once; Accept just once (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | A. A. Fet (Afanasiĭ Afanasʹevich; Фет, А.А. (Афанасий Афанасьевич)) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Accepting; Addressee: Lover; Admiration; Admirers; Admiring; Adoring; Affection; Amazed; Amazement; Appealing; Appeals; Astonished; Astonishment; Attraction; Attractiveness; Awe; Beautiful; Beauty; Becoming; Beggars; Begging; Blessed; Blessing; Charm; Charming; Charms; Confessing; Confessions; Couples; Creatures; Declarations; Declaring; Dedication; Devoted; Devoting; Devotion; Divine; Divinity; Dust; Dying; Elated; Enchanting; Enchantment; Excitement; Exciting; Exulting; Fantasy; Feeling; Filling; Forces; Foreseeing; Happiness; Hearing; Helplessness; Images; Inescapable Love; Infatuation; Longing; Love; Lovers; Lovestruck; Loving; Magnetic; Making; Marveling; Moaning; Moans; Mute; Myself; Mysterious; New; Obsessed; Obsessing; Obsession; Obsessive Love; Once; Ordering; Parting; Pleading; Pleas; Power; Powerlessness; Powers; Prizing; Proclaiming; Relationships; Sad; Songs; Souls; Standing; Studying; Supplicants; Swearing; Telling; Torment; Trembling; Triumph; Truth; Understanding; Weak; Weakness; Wonder; Wondering |
| First Line | Pojmi khot' raz tosklivoje priznan'e; Пойми хоть раз тоскливое признанье (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1872 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/85/IMSLP19048-PMLP44968-Tchaik_TH095.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7FqynZonLg9CpCIQHoAGp9 |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 16 no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | B2 - F4 (Search) |
| Original Key | C minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Herman Augustovich Laroche; Герман Августович Ларош (Search) |
| Notes | Fet's poem, titled "Anruf an die geliebte Бетховена (Beethoven's Appeal to his Beloved)," is a reference to Beethoven's song cycle An die ferne Geliebte; The poem has historically been misattributed to Maykov, Apollon Nikolayevich; Майков, Аполлон Николаевич. Sylvester, pp. 41 (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) |