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=== Legend ===
=== Legend ===


See [[Legend (Tchaikovsky)]].
See [[Legend (Tchaikovsky)]] and [[tchaikovsky:Sixteen_Songs_for_Children,_Op._54|Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54]].


Legend (Russian: Легенда, Legenda), Op. 54, No. 5 (also known as The Crown of Roses in some English-language sources)[1] is a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Originally written in 1883 as a song for solo voice and piano, it was subsequently arranged by Tchaikovsky for solo voice and orchestra (1884), and then for unaccompanied choir (1889).[2] The words are based on the poem "Roses and Thorns" by American poet Richard Henry Stoddard, originally published in Graham's Magazine of May 1856.[2][3] :
Tchaikovsky's '''''Sixteen Songs for Children''''' (Шестнадцать песен для детей), Op. 54, were written at [[tchaikovsky:Kamenka|Kamenka]] in October and November 1883, except for No. 16 which dates from around December 1880.
 
'''''Legend''''' (Russian: Легенда, Legenda), Op. 54, No. 5 (also known as '''''The Crown of Roses''''' in some English-language sources) is a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Originally written in 1883 as a song for solo voice and piano, it was subsequently arranged by Tchaikovsky for solo voice and orchestra (1884), and then for unaccompanied choir (1889). The words are based on the poem "Roses and Thorns" by American poet Richard Henry Stoddard, originally published in Graham's Magazine of May 1856, and translated into russian by [[tchaikovsky:Aleksey Pleshcheyev|Aleksey Pleshcheyev]]:


{{Poem quote|text=The young child Jesus had a garden
{{Poem quote|text=The young child Jesus had a garden
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And where the roses should have shone,
And where the roses should have shone,
Were little drops of blood instead!|title=Roses and Thorns|source={{cite journal |journal=Graham's Magazine |date=May 1856 |volume=xlviii |issue=5 |location=Philadelphia |title=Roses and Thorns |page=414 |first=R[ichard] H[enry] |last=Stoddard |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/iau.31858055621449?urlappend=%3Bseq=436}}}}
Were little drops of blood instead!|title=Roses and Thorns|source={{cite journal |journal=Graham's Magazine |date=May 1856 |volume=xlviii |issue=5 |location=Philadelphia |title=Roses and Thorns |page=414 |first=R[ichard] H[enry] |last=Stoddard |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/iau.31858055621449?urlappend=%3Bseq=436}}}}


=== The Maid of Orleans ===
=== The Maid of Orleans ===