Composed by Leopold Auer. Arranged by Paul Wood. This edition: pdf, streaming. Romantic Period. 48 pages. MyMusicScores.com #1422607. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.1863082).
Auer: Lensky's Aria from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (Arr. Violin and Orchestra)
Lensky's Aria, "Kuda, kuda"; is one of the most poignant moments in all opera: a young poet's farewell to love and life before his fatal duel in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (1879). Leopold Auer, the legendary violin pedagogue and teacher of Heifetz, Elman and Milstein, created a masterful transcription that transfers the aria's soaring vocal line to the violin, and it has been a treasured part of the concert repertoire ever since, recorded by artists from Heifetz to Janine Jansen and Daniel Lozakovich.
This new MyMusicScores edition goes a step further. Rather than the usual piano accompaniment, this arrangement restores the music to its true orchestral setting — drawing directly on Tchaikovsky's own scoring. The orchestration has been carefully reduced from double winds and four horns to single winds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon), two Horns in F, and Strings; because the original second wind parts carry very little independent material. The result is a practical, beautifully balanced orchestral accompaniment that preserves the rich harmonic palette and timbral warmth of Tchaikovsky's writing, without demanding the resources of a full symphonic wind section.
The solo violin part follows Auer's transcription faithfully, with its long, singing phrases, expressive portamento, and demanding cantabile playing — a true test of tone production, musical maturity, and stage presence at Diploma/Professional level.
Key Features
Instrumentation: Solo Violin + Orchestra (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon, 2 Horns in F, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass)
Difficulty: Diploma / Professional
Format: High-quality PDF download (Full Score & All Parts)
Fidelity: Meticulously engraved (not a scan) for clear, rehearsal-ready parts
Orchestration: Faithful to Tchaikovsky's original, reduced from double to single winds for practicality
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
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Composed by Leopold Auer. Arranged by Paul Wood. This edition: pdf, streaming. Romantic Period. 48 pages. MyMusicScores.com #1422607. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.1863082).
Auer: Lensky's Aria from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (Arr. Violin and Orchestra)
Lensky's Aria, "Kuda, kuda"; is one of the most poignant moments in all opera: a young poet's farewell to love and life before his fatal duel in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (1879). Leopold Auer, the legendary violin pedagogue and teacher of Heifetz, Elman and Milstein, created a masterful transcription that transfers the aria's soaring vocal line to the violin, and it has been a treasured part of the concert repertoire ever since, recorded by artists from Heifetz to Janine Jansen and Daniel Lozakovich.
This new MyMusicScores edition goes a step further. Rather than the usual piano accompaniment, this arrangement restores the music to its true orchestral setting — drawing directly on Tchaikovsky's own scoring. The orchestration has been carefully reduced from double winds and four horns to single winds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon), two Horns in F, and Strings; because the original second wind parts carry very little independent material. The result is a practical, beautifully balanced orchestral accompaniment that preserves the rich harmonic palette and timbral warmth of Tchaikovsky's writing, without demanding the resources of a full symphonic wind section.
The solo violin part follows Auer's transcription faithfully, with its long, singing phrases, expressive portamento, and demanding cantabile playing — a true test of tone production, musical maturity, and stage presence at Diploma/Professional level.
Key Features
Instrumentation: Solo Violin + Orchestra (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon, 2 Horns in F, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass)
Difficulty: Diploma / Professional
Format: High-quality PDF download (Full Score & All Parts)
Fidelity: Meticulously engraved (not a scan) for clear, rehearsal-ready parts
Orchestration: Faithful to Tchaikovsky's original, reduced from double to single winds for practicality
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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