Doumka
Scène rustique russe
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

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Scène rustique russe. Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Edited by Thomas Kohlhase. This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Op. 59. 12 pages. Schott Music - Digital #Q6900. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6900).

Tchaikovsky composed the Russian rural scene 'Dumka' in just a few days in late February 1886. 'Dumka' is originally the name of an epic and historical South West Slavic folk song of a melancholy nature. In Tchaikovsky's Op. 59, the elegiac andante cantabile forms the framework of the fast middle section in which brief formulaic thoughts, newly varied and increasing in virtuosic intensity, display fireworks of pianistic brilliance. Being his only 'Morceau de Concert', this piece occupies a special place among the piano works of Tchaikovsky. As a pianist who rarely gave concerts and occasionally complained about the lack of interest from the keyboard titans of his time (Franz Liszt, Hans von Bülow and the brothers Anton and Nikolaj Rubinstein) in his music. Tchaikovsky certainly regarded the piece as a chance to make his music known outside of Russia. So the French subtitle of the piece may rather be understood as a concession to the French audience.

Die 'ländliche russische Szene' Dumka komponierte Tschaikowsky in nur wenigen Tagen Ende Februar 1886. "Dumka" bezeichnet ursprünglich ein südwestslawisches episch-historisches Volkslied melancholischen Charakters. In Tschaikowskys op. 59 bildet das elegische Andante cantabile den Rahmen für einen schnellen Mittelteil. In diesem entzünden kurze, formelhafte Gedanken, immer neu variiert und virtuos gesteigert, ein Feuerwerk pianistischer Brillanz.

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