Zachem?; Зачем? (Why?)
| Song Title | Zachem?; Зачем? (Search) |
| Title in English | Why? (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (Мей, Лев Александрович) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Loved One; Addressee: Lover; Alluring; Ashen; Attracting; Away; Banishing; Beautiful; Braids; Clear; Cool; Cooling; Coquettes; Couples; Darkness; Day; Dense; Desires; Desiring; Dissolving; Distance; Distant Love; Dreaming; Dreams; Eyes; Fading; Fair; Fantasies; Far away; Feminine; Fire; Flirting; Flying; Gray; Growing; Haughty; Hearts; Here; Imagery; Images; Instants; Ladies; Languorous; Leaving; Lighting; Lips; Lonely; Longing; Looking; Lost Love; Lovely; Memories; Memory; Midnight; Pillows; Relationships; Remembering; Reverie; Seducing; Seductive; Shooting; Spring; Symbols; Transient; Transitory; Vanishing; Visions; Visitors; Waning; Wanting; Why; Women |
| First Line | Zachem zhe ty prisnilasja; Зачем же ты приснилася (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1875 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=117470 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/f1/IMSLP19053-PMLP44980-Tchak_TH099.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/48QRiL4IdqLqxsNzMB05ZO?si=2JIHx5jPQWyRPv-Y5UoRcQ |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 28 no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | D4 - G5/A5 |
| Original Key | D minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Mariya Ivanovna Ilyina; Мария Ивановна Ильина (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) |