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Forty songs : for high voice / by Peter Ilyitch Tchaïkovsky ; edited by James Huneker.

Author/creator Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Other author/creatorHuneker, James, 1857-1921, editor.
Format Musical Score and Print
EditionHigh voice.
Publication InfoBoston : Oliver Ditson Company, ©1912.
Description1 score (xiii, 184 pages) : portrait ; 33 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleSongs. Selections. Polyglot
Series The musician's library
Musicians library (Boston, Mass.) ^A1020474
Contents Op. 6. No. 2. Speak not, O beloved = Nicht Worte, Geliebter ; No. 4. Endless love = Die Thräne bebt ; No. 5. Why? = Warum? ; No. 6. None but the lonely heart = Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt -- Op. 16. No. 1. Cradle song = Wiegenlied ; No. 2. Linger yet! = Warte noch! ; No. 4. That simple old ballad, O sing me = O möchtest du einmal noch singen ; No. 5. What care I? = Was nun? -- Op. 25. No. 3. Mignon's song = Mignon's Lied ; No. 4. The canary = Der Kanarienvogel ; No. 6. Some one said unto the fool = Einst zum Narren Jemand spricht -- Op. 27. No. 1. To sleep = An den Schlaf ; No. 3. Oh, leave me not, friend of mine = O geh' nicht von mir, mein Freund ; No. 5. Did my mother give me life = Hat die Mutter zu so schwerem Leide -- Op. 28. No. 1. No, whom I love I'll ne'er reveal = Nein, wen ich liebe ; No. 3. Wherefore? = Warum? ; No. 4. He truly loved my so! = Er liebte mich so sehr! ; No. 5. No word from thee = Kein Wort von dir ; No. 6. One small word = Ein einzig Wörtchen.
Contents Op. 38. No. 1. Don Juan's serenade = Ständchen des Don Juan ; No. 2. It was in early days of spring = Es war zur ersten Frühlingszeit ; No. 3. At the ball = Inmitten des Balles ; No. 6. Pimpinella = Florentine song -- Op. 47. No. 6. Whether day dawns = Ob heller Tag ; No. 7. Was I not a blade of grass = War ich nicht ein Halm -- Op. 54. No. 5. A legend = Legende ; No. 8. The cuckoo = Der Kuckuk -- Op. 57. No. 5. Death = Der Tod ; No. 6. 'T was you alone = Nur du allein -- Op. 60. No. 3. If you but knew = Si vous saviez ; No. 7. Song of the gipsy girl = Lied der Zigeunerin ; No. 8. Farewell = Lebewohl ; No. 12. A night of stars = Sternennacht -- Op. 63. No. 1. Not at once did I yield to love's yearning = Nicht sogleich hat mich Liebe erfüllet ; No. 3. Farewell, fond visions! = Fahrt hin, ihr Träume! ; No. 6. O my child, in the silence of night = O, mein Kind, durch die schweigende Nacht -- Op. 65. No. 1. Serenade = Sérénade ; No. 2. Disappointment = Déception ; No. 5. Tears = Les larmes -- Op. 73. No. 6. Yearning, I wait now alone = Weil' ich, wie einstmals, allein.
General noteEnglish and French or German words; originally Russian or French texts.
General noteIncludes songs from op. 6, 16, 25, 27, 28, 38, 47, 54, 57, 60, 63, 65 and 73.
General noteBiographical and program notes by Huneker on pages ix-xiii.
LCCN 13014291
Publisher numberML-2138--ML-2177 Chas. H. Ditson

Available Items

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Music Music Stacks M1620.T43 L66 1912 ✔ Available Place Hold