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Text Authorship:

• by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Двустишие", written 1931 [author's text checked 1 time 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 John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Двустишие", subtitle: "Couplet", first performed 1993 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Couplet", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Distique", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-10
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