Kak nad gorjacheju zoloj; Как над горячею золой (As over darkly glowing embers; As over the burning ashes; As when upon hot ashes)

Song TitleKak nad gorjacheju zoloj; Как над горячею золой (Search)
Title in EnglishAs over darkly glowing embers; As over the burning ashes; As when upon hot ashes (Search)
Composer(s):Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский)
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Тютчев, Фёдор Иванович)
Keyword(s) & Features: Adventures; Ashes; Away; Brief; Bright; Burning; Bursting; Consuming; Coursing; Dark; Darkness; Day; Drifting; Embers; Ending; Fire; Flames; Flaring; Fleeting; Freedom; Glancing; Glowing; Gradual; Grief; Grim; Heaven; Hours; Invisible; Journeying; Journeys; Life; Lines; Living; Longing; Longing for Death; Longing for Release; Metaphor: Life as Scroll; Monotonous; Mute; Once; Open; Passage of Time; Passing; Quick; Release; Sad; Scrolls; Smoke; Smoking; Smoldering; Strain; Suffering; Swallowing; Swift; Time; Time Passing; Time Passing Quickly; Time Passing Slowly; Times; Torment; Transient; Unbearable; Wasted Time; Words; Yearning
First LineKak nad gorjacheju zoloj; Как над горячею золой (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1874 - 1875 (Search) Winter
Larger WorkШесть романсов; Six Romances (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism; Slavophilia (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/ef/IMSLP19051-PMLP44975-Tchaik_TH097.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6f19MAYmet8FlEAlnZDeCj?si=t-wVRNcjQHeTBehbP-C3bA
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 25 no. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: F#4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
Dedicated ToDmitry Orlov; Дмитрий Орлов (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://www.worldcat.org/title/tchaikovskys-complete-songs-a-companion-with-texts-and-translations/oclc/46835585; http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Main_Page (Search)
ContributorMRH , Morgan Horning (Search)
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