O, jesli b ty mogla; О, если б ты могла (O, if you could; O, if only you could)
| Song Title | O, jesli b ty mogla; О, если б ты могла (Search) |
| Title in English | O, if you could; O, if only you could (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: | Addressee: Lover; Aid; Aiding; Allowing; Clouds; Comfort; Comforting; Connection to Nature; Contrast: Dark vs. Light; Contrast: Hope vs. Despair; Contrast: Joy vs. Grief; Contrast: Past vs. Present; Couples; Crying; Depression; Eyes; Fields; Flashes; Flying; Forgetting; Futile; Futility; Glistening; Gone; Grains; Grief; Happiness; Help; Helping; Highest; Hoping; Knowing; Looks; Loving; Melancholy; Metaphor; Metaphor: Sadness as Shadow; Metaphor: Sadness as Storm; Moments; Nature; Passing; Patience; Rain; Raining; Relationships; Running; Sadness; Seeing; Shadows; Simile; Single; Sobbing; Sorrow; Sorrowful; Sorrows; Spring; Storms; Support; Supporting; Tears; Thunderstorms; Torment; Trouble; Warm; Wearing; Weeping; Wishing; Years |
| First Line | O jesli b ty mogla khot' na jedinyj mig; О если б ты могла хоть на единый миг (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1878 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=72143 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e8/IMSLP19056-PMLP44986-Tchaik_TH101.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/6jNEqRr770KY2kMKSCMr6o?si=ZetVugW8SEKIPnJP9-DH9g |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 38 no. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Baritone |
| Range: | C#3 - Eb4 (Search) |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Anatoly Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Анатолий Ильич Чайковский (Search) |
| Notes | the entirety of Op. 38 is dedicated to Tchaikovsky's younger brother, Anatoly Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Анатолий Ильич Чайковский (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) |