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by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)

Klassik
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja prost, ja jasen, ja skromen, vezhliv, ja prekrasen.
Ja plaven, vazhen, ja v meru strasten,
Ja chistyj klassik, ja stydliv,
Ja chistyj klassik, ja uchtiv.

Ja zlejshij vrag novejshikh ukhishchrenij,
Zakljatyj vrag vsekh novovvedenij;
Ikh shum i gam, ikh strashnyj besporjadok
Menja trevozhat i pugajut, v nikh grob iskusstva vizhu ja.

No ja, ja prost, no ja, ja jasen, ja skromen, vezhliv, ja prekrasen.
Ja chistij klassik, ja stydliv,
Ja chistij klassik, ja uchtiv.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881) [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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Классик", 1867, note: a musical satire inspired by several articles on music written by Monsieur Famizin. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , title 1: "Le classique"


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 75

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