Work Title
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6 Romances
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Alternative. Title
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6 Романcов
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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.8
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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INR 49
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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6 songs:
- Where Thou Art, My Thought Flies to Thee (Где ты, там мысль моя летайет)
- Night (Ночь)
- The Secret (Тайна)
- Arise, Come Down! (Встань, сойди!)
- In the Kingdom of Roses and Wine (В царстве розы и вина)
- I Believe, I am Loved (Я верю, я любим)
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Text Incipit
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see below
- Где ты, там мысль моя летает
- Ночь пролетала над миром
- Когда меня в уста и очи ты
- Встань, сойди! Давно денница
- В царство розы и вина приди
- Я верю: я любим; для сердца надо верить
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1868–70
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First Publication.
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1870 – Moscow: P. Jurgenson 1922 – Moscow: Muzgiz. Arrangement of No.2 for voice and orchestra.
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Librettist
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Various:
- [unknown]
- Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825–1893)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838), after Claude Charles Fauriel (1772–1844) [translator anonymous]
- Lev Mey (1822–1862)
- Afanasy Fet (1820–1892), after Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800–1875), Ḥāfiẓ (1325/26-1389/90)
- Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
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Language
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Russian
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Dedication
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Various:
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
- Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (Purgold) (1848–1919)
- Aleksandra Purgold
- Fyodor Kanilde (?)
- Yekaterina Borodin
- Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
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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 Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
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Extra Information
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No.2 also arranged for voice and orchestra by Rimsky-Korsakov, 1891.
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