by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861)
Na starom kurgane
Language: Russian (Русский)
Na starom kurgane, v shirokoj stepi
Prikovanny'j sokol sidit na cepi.
Sidit on uzh ty'syachu let,
Vse net emu voli, vse net.
I grud` on [kogtyami s dosady']1 terzaet,
I kaplyami krov` iz grudi vy'tekaet!
Letyat v sineve oblaka,
A step` shiroka, shiroka...
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1 Vasily Kalinnikov: "с досады когтями" ("s dosady kogtjami")
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1 Vasily Kalinnikov: "с досады когтями" ("s dosady kogtjami")
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Text Authorship:
- by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861), from the poem "Khozjajin", first published 1861 [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 Pavel Grigorevich Chesnokov (1877 - 1944), "На старом кургане" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866 - 1901), "На старом кургане" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1870 - 1927), "На старом кургане" [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Milovsky , "На старом кургане" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Zuyev , "На старом кургане" [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 43