Novogrecheskaja pesnja (na temu "Dies irae"); Новогреческая песня (на тему "Dies irae") (Modern Greek Song (the the "Dies irae" theme))
| Song Title | Novogrecheskaja pesnja (na temu "Dies irae"); Новогреческая песня (на тему "Dies irae") (Search) |
| Title in English | Modern Greek Song (the the "Dies irae" theme) (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (Майков, Аполлон Николаевич) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afterlife; Allusion: Odyssey; Allusion: Penelope; Away; Before; Belonging; Beyond; Blue; Boundaries; Catholic; Catholicism; Catholics; Chanting; Chants; Christian; Christianity; Churches; Comfort; Condemnation; Damnation; Dark; Darkened; Devout; Dies irae; Earth; Eastern Orthodoxy (Orthodox Catholicism); Existence; Existing; Fate; Ghosts; God; Gold; Hades; Hell; Home; Homeland; Icons; Judging; Judgment; Life; Living; Longing; Looms; Lovers; Maidens; Moaning; Morality; Mothers; Obscurity; Peace; Peaceful; Penance; Pining; Pious; Punishment; Religion; Religious; Responsibility; Rest; Retribution; Safe; Safety; Shade; Shades; Sin; Sinful; Sinners; Sins; Sky; Souls; Spirits; Suffering; Theology; Tidings; Torment; Under; Weavers; Weaving; Weeping; Wide; Women; World; Yearning; Young |
| First Line | V temnom ade, pod zemlej; В темном аде, под землей (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1872 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=25058 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Slavophilia (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/85/IMSLP19048-PMLP44968-Tchaik_TH095.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5tKKRrnV2dVkxUpIGXhJAf?si=wYqzvj4wTXaf21yRL2606g |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 16 no. 6 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Db4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Konstantin Karlovich Albrekht; Константин Карлович Альбрехт (Search) |
| Notes | The song begins with the eight-note sequence of the "Dies irae"; Maykov based his text on Greek folk songs (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) |