Vecher; Вечер (Evening)
Song Title | Vecher; Вечер (Search) |
Title in English | Evening (Search) |
Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (Мей, Лев Александрович (after Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko; Тарас Григорович Шевченко)) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Above; Agriculture; All; Allowing; Around; Ascending; Asleep; Away; Birds; Blissful; Bugs; Carefree; Caring; Charming; Cheerful; Cherries; Cherry Trees; Children; Closeness; Comforting; Daughters; Delightful; Describing; Descriptions; Dining; Dinners; Evening; Evening star; Families; Family; Farmers; Farming; Farms; Fields; Fragrance; Fragrant; Going; Happiness; Happy; Hastening; Home; Homeland; Houses; Humming; Husbands; Idyllic; Imagery; Images; Intimacy; Intimate; Joy; Joyful; June; Land; Lands; Little; Lovely; Loving; Meals; Memories; Memory; Merry; Mothers; Near; Night; Nightingales; Nostalgia; Nostalgic; Nurturing; Orchards; Passing; Pastoral; Peace; Peaceful; Peasants; Pictures; Pleasant; Plowing; Plows; Producing; Protecting; Pushing; Quiet; Quieting; Raising; Ready; Refuges; Remembering; Rest; Restful; Rituals; Rural; Safe; Safety; Singing; Sleeping; Songs; Speaking; Summer; Telling; Together; Tucking; Waiting; Warmth; Wistfulness; Wives; Women; Young |
First Line | Vishnevyj sadik vozle khaty; Вишневый садик возле хаты (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1875 (Search) |
Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
Original Language | Ukrainian (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e2/IMSLP19052-PMLP44977-Tchaik_TH098.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/2V1zlzRsdTCBQ9GelxwZpp?si=kuR7sicBT2GqpDicp48cZA |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 27 no. 4 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
Original Key | Bb Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya; Елизавета Андреевна Лавровская (Search) |
Notes | translation of Shevchenko's poem "Sadok vishnevij kolo khati; Садок вишневий коло хати" ("Cherry orchard near the house"); this is one of thirteen poems Shevchenko wrote in a St. Petersburg prison (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) |