Kaby znala ja; Кабы знала я (If I had known; If only I had known)
| Song Title | Kaby znala ja; Кабы знала я (Search) |
| Title in English | If I had known; If only I had known (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Aleksey Konstantinovich, graf Tolstoy (Толсто́й, Алексе́й Константи́нович) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Abandonment; Advances; Angling; Arms; Attraction; Being Left Behind; Betrayal; Blame; Blaming; Borders; Braids; Caps; Cheaters; Cheating; Cold; Coming; Contrast: Innocence vs. Experience; Contrast: Love vs. Lust; Dashing; Dew; Dressing; Early; Edges; Evening; Experience; Faithless Lovers; Falcons; Feet; Fur; Gold; Gray; Grief; Grieving; Handsome; Heartbreak; Heartbroken; Hills; History; Hooves; Hoping; Horses; Houses; Hurrying; Infatuation; Jaunty; Knowing; Knowledge; Late; Light; Long; Looking; Loss of Innocence; Loud; Lovers; Manes; Memories; Men; Pain; Painful; Past; Plaiting; Realizing; Rearing; Recalling; Regrets; Regretting; Remembering; Reminiscing; Ribbons; Riding; Ringing; Rising; Roads; Sadness; Scarlet; Sexual Desire; Sitting; Sorrow; Speckled; Streets; Swift; Towns; Unfaithful; Waiting; Watching; Watering; Ways; Wells; Wet; Windows; Wishing; Wondering; Young |
| First Line | Kaby znala ja, kaby vedala; Кабы знала я, кабы ведала (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1880 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=117446 |
| Larger Work | Семь романсов; Seven romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Binary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romantcism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e8/IMSLP19058-PMLP44988-Tchaik_TH103.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4ygfQcmwr7Mwts7VUx5Wjh |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 47 no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Db4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Aleksandra Valerianovna Panayeva-Kartsova; Александра Валериановна Панаева-Карцова (Search) |
| Premiered By | Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya; Елизавета Андреевна Лавровская (Search) |
| Notes | The entirety of Op. 47 is dedicated to soprano Aleksandra Valerianovna Panayeva-Kartsova; Александра Валериановна Панаева-Карцова, who gave the first (private) performance of Tatiana from Eugene Onegin (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) |