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'''''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 [[w:Richard Henry Stoddard|Richard Henry Stoddard]], originally published in the May 1856 edition of [[Graham's Magazine]], and translated into russian by [[tchaikovsky:Aleksey Pleshcheyev|Aleksey Pleshcheyev]]: | '''''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 [[w:Richard Henry Stoddard|Richard Henry Stoddard]], originally published in the May 1856 edition of [[Graham's Magazine]], and translated into russian by [[tchaikovsky:Aleksey Pleshcheyev|Aleksey Pleshcheyev]]: | ||
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And placed it on his shining head; | And placed it on his shining head; | ||
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 | 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 |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 === | ||