The Poems of R.H. Stoddard [by Richard Henry Stoddard] (1880)

Richard Henry Stoddards 1857 poem "Roses and Thorns", in a Russian translation by Aleksey Pleshcheyev, was set for voice and piano by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as "Legend", No. 5 from "Sixteen Songs for Children", Op. 54. The song, in turn, was the basis of Anton Arensky's Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a, for string orchestra. Roses and Thorns and all of Stoddards best work are contained in this volume.

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The poems of R.H. Stoddard [by Richard Henry Stoddard] (1880)

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