Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Allegro non tanto |
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Composition Year | 1st version — 1860–65? 2nd version — unknown (revised by Karl Albrecht?) |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Zemfira's Song |
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Alternative. Title | Песнь Земфиры |
Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | TH 90 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IPT 150 |
Key | A minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1st version — Allegro non tanto (26 bars) 2nd version — Allegro non tanto (34 bars) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1st version — 1860–65? 2nd version — unknown (revised by Karl Albrecht?) |
First Publication. | 1940 — Moscow: Muzgiz (in vol.44 of Complete Collected Works, pp.5–7) — 2nd version 1986 — Moscow: Muzgiz. Plate 13192 — 1st version |
Librettist | Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837) |
Language | Russian |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
External Links | Tchaikovsky Research |
Extra Information | For many years the song was only known in a manuscript copy by Karl Albrecht, which has significant differences from the autograph score (discovered in 1940). |