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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878 - 1947)

Спи, кот
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Спи, кот, на печке, на войлочке.
Лапки в головках, лися шубка на плечах.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Спи, кот", 1915-6, from Koshachi kolybelnyje pesni (Berceuses du chat), no. 1, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878 - 1947) ; composed by Igor Stravinsky.
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Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-27
Line count: 2
Word count: 13

Sur le poêle
Language: French (Français)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Dors sur le poêle, bien au chaud, chat;
La pendule bat; ell' bat, mais pas pour toi.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878 - 1947) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Sur le poêle", 1915-6, from Koshachi kolybelnyje pesni (Berceuses du chat), no. 1, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-27
Line count: 2
Word count: 17

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