by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translation by Mikhail Danilovich Delarue (1811 - 1868)
Kogda b ja byl, krasavica, carëm
Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)
Kogda b ja byl, krasavica, carëm
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Note: according to online catalogs, Ippolitov-Ivanov's setting begins "Когда б я был, красавица, царём" and Stanyukovich's setting begins "Когда-то я был царём".
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Danilovich Delarue (1811 - 1868)
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "À une femme", written 1829, appears in Les Feuilles d'automne, no. 22
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "Когда б я был, красавица, царем", op. 15 no. 2 (1895-1896), published 1896 [ voice and piano ]
- by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Stanyukovich (1824 - 1892), "Красавица"
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) ; composed by Franz Liszt.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sergey Grigoryevich Grasgof.
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