by Nikolai Alekseyevich Nekrasov (1821 - 1877)
Starost`
Language: Russian (Русский)
Prosit otdy'xa slaboe telo, Dushu tajnaya zhazhda tomit. Gor`ko ty', starikovskoe delo! Zhizn` smeetsya,— v glaza govorit: Ne lelej nikakix upovanij, Pered razumom serdce smiri, V sozerczan`i narodny'x stradanij I v soznan`e bessil`ya — umri…
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Authorship:
- by Nikolai Alekseyevich Nekrasov (1821 - 1877), "Старость", written 1877 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Старость", op. 62 (Двадцать одно стихотворение Н.А. Некрасова = Dvadcat' odno stikhotvorenie N.A. Nekrasova (21 poems of Nekrasov)) no. 15 (1902), published c1902 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-07-30
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