Minka (song)

Minka is a Ukrainian folk tune. The German title "Schöne Minka" comes from the first words of a poem by Christoph August Tiedge, "Schöne Minka, ich muß scheiden" - which was set twice by Beethoven.^[1]

Compositions

Beethoven "Schöne Minka" 1816 collection Lieder verschiedener Völker (Songs of Various Nations)
- "Variations op. 107 as one of ten National Airs with variations, Op. 107.
Carl Keller
Johann Nepomuk Hummel` Adagio, Variations and Rondo in A major, Op. 78 "Schone Minka" for flute cello and piano

References

↑ Situating Schubert: Early Nineteenth-century Flute Culture 0549370633 2007 - "According to an 1830 review in the AMA, there was a time when Schöne Minka was “whistled, hummed, and muttered on every street corner.”81 The Lied was popular for some time, and many composers used it in arrangements and variation sets, including the popular flutist-composer Carl Keller. Beethoven first set Schöne Minka in his 1816 collection Lieder verschiedener Völker (Songs of Various Nations), and then again in his Variations op. 107, at the request of the Scottish music publisher George Thomson."

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