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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''The Crown of Roses'' (Легенда, ''Legend'', Op 54 No. 5)<br> | '''Title:''' ''The Crown of Roses'' (Легенда, ''Legend'', Op 54 No. 5)<br> | ||
{{Composer|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}} | {{Composer|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Aleksey Pleshcheyev}} | {{Lyricist|Aleksey Pleshcheyev}}, after [[Richard Henry Stoddard]] | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB | {{Voicing|4|SATB|add=with minor ''divisi'' in bass}} | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1883}} | {{Pub|1|1883}} | ||
{{Descr|First published as #5 in the composer's collection "[http://imslp.org/wiki/16_Songs_for_Children,_Op.54_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr_Ilyich) Songs for the Young"] for voice & piano; arr. by the composer for chorus 1889. Stoddard's poem ''Roses and Thorns'' begins "The young child Jesus had a garden". English versions matching the 8-syllable lines of Pleshcheyev's imitation are "When Jesus Christ was but a child" (G. Deamer) and "Fair was the garden, blest with flow'rs" (William Gurney Rothery).}} | |||
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*[http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Sixteen_Songs_for_Children,_Op._54 Tchaikovsky-research.net entry] | |||
*{{IMSLP2|16 Songs for Children, Op.54 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)|16 Songs for Children, Op.54}} | |||
*{{IMSLP2|String_Quartet_No. 2,_Op.35_(Arensky,_Anton_Stepanovich)|Arensky's String Quartet opus 35}}, whose second movement was arranged as ''Variations on a Theme by P.Tschaikovsy'' for String Orchestra (1894), op. 35a}} | |||
==Original text and translations== | |||
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Был у Христа-младенца сад | |||
И много роз взрастил он в нем; | |||
Он трижды в день их поливал, | |||
Чтоб сплесть венок себе потом. | |||
Когда же розы расцвели, | |||
Детей еврейских созвал он; | |||
Они сорвали по цветку, | |||
И сад был весь опустошен. | |||
"Как ты сплетешь теперь венок? | |||
В твоем саду нет больше роз!" – | |||
"Вы позабыли, что шипы | |||
Остались мне", – сказал Христос. | |||
И из шипов они сплели | |||
{{ | Венок колючий для него, | ||
И капли крови вместо роз | |||
Чело украсили его.}} | |||
{{mdl|3}} | |||
{{Text|English| | |||
When Jesus Christ was yet a child | When Jesus Christ was yet a child | ||
He had a garden small and wild, | He had a garden small and wild, | ||
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And with rough fingers pressed it down, | And with rough fingers pressed it down, | ||
Till on His forehead fair and young, | Till on His forehead fair and young, | ||
Red drops of blood like roses sprung.}} | Red drops of blood like roses sprung.}} | ||
{{mdl}} | {{mdl|3}} | ||
{{Translation|German| | {{Translation|German| | ||
Als Jesus noch ein Kind war, | Als Jesus noch ein Kind war, | ||
hatte er einen Garten, gar klein und wild, | hatte er einen Garten, gar klein und wild, | ||
dort hegte er Rosen, hold und schön, | dort hegte er Rosen, hold und schön, | ||
aus welchen er Girlanden wob. | aus welchen er Girlanden wob. | ||
Einmal dann, der Sommer nahte, | Einmal dann, der Sommer nahte, | ||
kam eine Schar Kinder vorbei, | kam eine Schar Kinder vorbei, | ||
sie sahen Rosen oben am Baum, | sie sahen Rosen oben am Baum, | ||
und mit glücklichem Geschrei pflückten sie diese. | und mit glücklichem Geschrei pflückten sie diese. | ||
„Bindest du dir Rosen ins Haar?“ | „Bindest du dir Rosen ins Haar?“ | ||
fragten sie Jesus voller Hohn. | fragten sie Jesus voller Hohn. | ||
Der Junge sprach in bescheidnem Ton: | Der Junge sprach in bescheidnem Ton: | ||
„Nehmt alles ausser der blanken Dornen fort, | „Nehmt alles ausser der blanken Dornen fort, | ||
das nur bitte ich euch.“ | das nur bitte ich euch.“ | ||
Aus den Dornen dann machten sie eine Krone, | Aus den Dornen dann machten sie eine Krone, | ||
und mit groben Händen pressten sie diese auf seinen Kopf, | und mit groben Händen pressten sie diese auf seinen Kopf, | ||
bis auf seiner Stirn – schön und zart – | bis auf seiner Stirn – schön und zart – | ||
rote Tropfen Bluts wie Rosen erblühten.}} | rote Tropfen Bluts wie Rosen erblühten.}} | ||
{{btm}} | {{btm}} |
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- Editor: Matthew Watts (submitted 2020-01-18). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 56 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2009-02-07). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 312 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The Crown of Roses (Легенда, Legend, Op 54 No. 5)
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Lyricist: Aleksey Pleshcheyevcreate page , after Richard Henry Stoddard
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, with minor divisi in bass
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1883
Description: First published as #5 in the composer's collection "Songs for the Young" for voice & piano; arr. by the composer for chorus 1889. Stoddard's poem Roses and Thorns begins "The young child Jesus had a garden". English versions matching the 8-syllable lines of Pleshcheyev's imitation are "When Jesus Christ was but a child" (G. Deamer) and "Fair was the garden, blest with flow'rs" (William Gurney Rothery).
External websites:
- Tchaikovsky-research.net entry
- 16 Songs for Children, Op.54 at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- Arensky's String Quartet opus 35 at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP), whose second movement was arranged as Variations on a Theme by P.Tschaikovsy for String Orchestra (1894), op. 35a
Original text and translations
Russian text Был у Христа-младенца сад |
English text When Jesus Christ was yet a child |
German translation Als Jesus noch ein Kind war, |