Romances and Songs (Collected Works, v. 44)
Romansy i pesni. P. Chaĭkovskiĭ. Redaktsiya Ivana Shishova i N. Shemanina
Moskva–Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Muzykal'noe Izdatel'stvo [PN 16971], 1940.
Quarto. Original publisher's dark green cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine, price "Tsena 40 r." blindstamped to lower. 1f. (series title), xvi, 300, [5] pp. Text in Russian.
Series: "Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ" (Complete Collected Works), vol. 44. Includes reproduction portrait photograph of Tchaikovsky, dated 1862 per caption (1860 per Poznansky 6).
Contents:
- [ČW 208-210]. 3 yunosheskikh romansa
- [ČW 211-216]. 6 romansov, soch. 6 (1869)
- [ČW 217]. Romans (1870)
- [ČW 218-223]. 6 romansov, soch. 16 (1872)
- [ČW 224-225]. 2 romansa (1873)
- [ČW 226-231]. 6 romansov, soch. 25 (1874)
- [ČW 244-245]. 2 romansa (1875)
- [ČW 232-237]. 6 romansov, soch. 27 (1875)
- [ČW 238-243]. 6 romansov, soch. 28 (1875)
- [ČW 246-251]. 6 romansov, soch. 38 (1878)
- [ČW 252-258]. 7 romansov, soch. 47 (1880)
With a 6-bar musical quotation in blue ink to upper right corner of half-title.
Binding somewhat worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine slightly frayed. Light browning to edges; occasional fingerings in pencil.
First printing.
The Soviet complete edition of Tchaikovsky's works Romansy i pesni (Romances and Songs) was published in two volumes, numbered 44 and 45. The present volume (44) contains Romances written through 1880, including those unpublished during his lifetime.
Item #35139
Price: $50.00 other currencies