Dark Eyes

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The composition I play is little known. The main melody of it, though, is known all over the world: it is the melody of the Russian song Ochi Chernie (Dark Eyes). • Dark eyes, burning eyes • Passionate and splendid eyes • How I love you, how I fear you • Verily, I saw you at a sinister hour. • If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't be suffering so • I would have lived my life smiling • You have ruined me, dark eyes • You have taken my happiness away forever. • This is a Feodor Chaliapin version of the lyrics by the Ukrainian poet Yevhen Hrebinka. The music was arranged in 1884 from the waltz composed by one F. Hermann -- not much is known about him. In some websites he is called a French composer, Florian Hermann; in other sources, a Russified German, Feodor Hermann. • I learned his waltz from a Russian sheet music, where it is called Вальс Воспоминание (Recollection Waltz, in my own translation). It may be that the original title is Hommage Valse. • Anyway, whatever the title and whoever the composer might be, the music is beautiful and exciting. I hope you will enjoy it! • * * • For those who want the sheet music: give me your e-mail address, and I'll send you the music sheets. • * * • Alexander Zlatkovski is an Alaskan pianist, born in Russia. His repertoire includes classical pieces, waltzes of all sorts -- from Tchaikovsky to Chopin to Strauss -- as well as his own arrangements of Russian, Italian, Jewish, and French songs. For information on concerts see www.TalesFromTheKeyboard.com; for live music for weddings, parties and other events, or to buy CDs, visit http://www.AlaskanPianist.com • * * • Тем из вас, кто читает по-русски, может быть интересна моя книжка «Песок на клавишах» - воспоминания о том, как я был уличным музыкантом в Израиле. Прочесть ее можно на http://www.zlatkovski.com/

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