Work Title
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4 Romances
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.7
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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INR 48
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 songs:
- My Voice for Thee is Sweet and Languid (Мой голос для тебя и ласковый, и томный)
- Hebrew Song (Еврейская песня)
- The Mermaid of Lake Sweitz (Свитезянка)
- Thy Glance is Radiant as the Heavens (Как небеса, твой взор блистает)
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Text Incipit
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see below
- Мой голос для тебя и ласковый и томный
- Сплю, но сердце моё чуткое не спит
- Парень пригожий мой
- Как небеса, твой взор блистает
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1867
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First Publication.
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1867 – St. Petersburg: Bessel.
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Librettist
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Various:
- Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
- Lev Mey (1822–1862)
- Lev Mey (1822–1862), after Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
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Language
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Russian
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Dedication
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Various:
- Mariya Fyodorovna Rimskaya-Korsakova (Wife of Voin Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
- Sofiya Ivanovna Belenitsyna (Wife of Pavel Zotov)
- Nikolay Lodyzhensky (1843–1916)
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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External Links
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The LiederNet Archive
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Extra Information
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No.3 was later adapted for chorus in the cantata The Mermaid of Lake Sweitz, Op.44.
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