Kak nad gorjacheju zoloj; Как над горячею золой (As over darkly glowing embers; As over the burning ashes; As when upon hot ashes)
Song Title | Kak nad gorjacheju zoloj; Как над горячею золой (Search) |
Title in English | As 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 Group | LGBTQ+ (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 Line | Kak nad gorjacheju zoloj; Как над горячею золой (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1874 - 1875 (Search) Winter |
Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism; Slavophilia (Search) |
Original Language | Russian (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 Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 25 no. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | F#4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | B minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Dmitry Orlov; Дмитрий Орлов (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) |