Net, tolko tot, kto znal; Нет, толко тот, кто знал (None but the lonely heart; Only one who knows longing; Only the one who knows)

Song TitleNet, tolko tot, kto znal; Нет, толко тот, кто знал (Search)
Title in EnglishNone but the lonely heart; Only one who knows longing; Only the one who knows (Search)
Composer(s):Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский)
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (Мей, Лев Александрович; (after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe))
Keyword(s) & Features: Absent Love; Being; Brooding; Comfort; Comfortable; Communicating; Comprehending; Connecting; Connection Across a Distance; Connections; Couples; Desire; Desires; Desiring; Dim; Distance; Distant Love; Dreaming; Exile; Exiles; Exiling; Eyes; Faint; Far away; Fathoming; Fire; Foreign; Gazing; Grasping; Growing; Hearts; History; Home; Homeland; Imagining; Intimacy; Intimate; Isolation; Knowing; Longing; Loss of Peace; Love; Loving; No; One; Outcasts; Past; Refuge; Reverie; Safety; Separated Love; Separation; Suffering; Together; Torment; Understanding; Unhappiness; Yearning
First LineNet, tolko tot, kto znal; Нет, толко тот, кто знал (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1869 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17760
Larger WorkШесть романсов; Six Romances (Search)
Musical FormABAC (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsSturm und Drang; Innerlichkeit (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e2/IMSLP19043-PMLP09793-Tchaik_TH093.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/7yIiQmIbDj9OOyyly0IQcx?si=Sg0W5KeIQnis8O54_iEARQ
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 6 no. 6 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMiddle voice
Range: C4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyDb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToAlina Aleksandrovna Khvostova; Алина Александровна Хвостова (Search)
Premiered ByYelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya; Елизавета Андреевна Лавровская (Search)
Notestranslation of Goethe's poem "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" ("Only those who know longing"); Considered the most famous of all Tchaikovsky's Romances (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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