by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)
Noch` proletala nad mirom
Language: Russian (Русский)
Noch` proletala nad mirom, Sny' na lyudej navevaya; S temno-lazurevoj rizy' Sy'palis` zvezdy', sverkaya. Stary'e moshhny'e duby', Vechnozeleny'e eli [Grustny'e ivy']1 listvoyu Nochi navstrechu shumeli. [Radostno volny']2 zhurchali, Obraz eyo otrazhaya; [Rozh naklonyalas`,]1 sil`nee Paxla trava lugovaya. [Kriki kuznechikov rezvy'x]1 I solov`iny'e [treli]3, V xore xvalebnom slivayas`, V vozduxe tixo zveneli, I uly'balasya krotko Noch`, nad zemlej proletaya ... S temno-lazurevoj rizy' Sy'palis` zvezdy', sverkaya...
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View original text (without footnotes)1 omitted by Rimsky-Korsakov.
2 Rimsky-Korsakov: "Tikhije vody"
3 Rimsky-Korsakov: "pesni"
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), no title, written 1862, appears in Letnije pesni, no. 6 [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 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg (1841 - 1907), "Ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Ночь", op. 12 (2 Картинки для смешаннаго восьмиголоснаго хора а цаппелла (2 Kartinki dlja smeshannago vos'migolosnago khora a cappella)) no. 2 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "Ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Ночь", op. 8 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Six songs) no. 2 (1868) [sung text checked 1 time]
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