Tchaikovsky Music / Song
In late 1869, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed a set of six romances for voice and piano, Six Romances, Op. 6. The last of these songs, TH93:6, is one of his best-loved songs, the melancholy "None but the Lonely Heart." It is a setting of Lev Mei's poem "The Harpist's Song," which in turn was translated from Johann Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
Tchaikovsky dedicated "None but the Lonely Heart" to Alina Khvostova. The song was first performed by Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya, a Russian mezzo-soprano, in Moscow, 1870, following it with its St. Petersburg premiere the following year during an all-Tchaikovsky concert hosted by Nikolai Rubinstein.
The music is used in the film of the same name, starring Cary Grant and Ethel Barrymore, directed by Clifford Odets.
In late 1869, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed a set of six romances for voice and piano, Six Romances, Op. 6. The last of these songs, TH93:6, is one of his best-loved songs, the melancholy "None but the Lonely Heart." It is a setting of Lev Mei's poem "The Harpist's Song," which in turn was translated from Johann Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
Tchaikovsky dedicated "None but the Lonely Heart" to Alina Khvostova. The song was first performed by Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya, a Russian mezzo-soprano, in Moscow, 1870, following it with its St. Petersburg premiere the following year during an all-Tchaikovsky concert hosted by Nikolai Rubinstein.
The music is used in the film of the same name, starring Cary Grant and Ethel Barrymore, directed by Clifford Odets.
This loved composer experienced a significant inner conflict in his personal life. The story of his desperate letter, in which he wrote that he would never compose another symphony, has become a symbol of Tchaikovsky's internal struggle, but then after writing these words, he went on to compose this poignant and successful Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique), considered one of his greatest works. This illustrates the composer's emotional instability and the conflict between his intense love for music and the struggles in his personal life. Perhaps, it is this undeniable deep emotions and contradictions that helped him create musical masterpieces full of emotion and introspection.
Here's Tchaikovsky's "None but the Lonely Heart", interpreted by the late violinist Isaac Stern. Uploaded by DaMenke. Accessed February 14, 2014.
Here's another link of "None but the Lonely Heart", interpreted by violinist Daniel Lozakovich (arranged by Elman).
"None But the Lonely Heart" with lyrics, sung by Mario Lanza,
(Uploaded by yoni89, Accessed February
English Text translation:
(The lyrics of the song is a translation from Goethe's "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt.")
None but the lonely heart can know my sadness
Alone and parted far from joy and gladness.
Heaven's boundless arch I see
Spread out above me.
Ah, what a distance drear to one who loves me.
None but the lonely heart can know my sadness
Alone and parted far from joy and gladness.
(For I am far departed from joy and gladness.)
My senses fail, a burning fire devours me.
None but the lonely heart
Can know my sadness.
American contralto Eula Beal beautifully interprets Tchaikovsky's "None but the lonely heart", accompanied by Marguerite Campbell. Uploaded by operatribute. Accessed January 25, 2009.
Resources:
Mountfield, David. Great Composers: Tchaikovsky - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1990.
None but the Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky). en.wikipedia.org. Accessed February 14, 2007.
Here's another link of "None but the Lonely Heart", interpreted by violinist Daniel Lozakovich (arranged by Elman).
"None But the Lonely Heart" with lyrics, sung by Mario Lanza,
(Uploaded by yoni89, Accessed February
English Text translation:
(The lyrics of the song is a translation from Goethe's "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt.")
None but the lonely heart can know my sadness
Alone and parted far from joy and gladness.
Heaven's boundless arch I see
Spread out above me.
Ah, what a distance drear to one who loves me.
None but the lonely heart can know my sadness
Alone and parted far from joy and gladness.
(For I am far departed from joy and gladness.)
My senses fail, a burning fire devours me.
None but the lonely heart
Can know my sadness.
American contralto Eula Beal beautifully interprets Tchaikovsky's "None but the lonely heart", accompanied by Marguerite Campbell. Uploaded by operatribute. Accessed January 25, 2009.
Resources:
Mountfield, David. Great Composers: Tchaikovsky - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1990.
None but the Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky). en.wikipedia.org. Accessed February 14, 2007.
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