by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Oj, chest` li to molodczu lyon pryasti?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: FRE
Oj, chest` li to molodczu lyon pryasti? A i xvala li boyarinu kichku nosit`? Voevode po vodu xodit`? Guslyaru-pevunu vo prikaze sidet`? Vo prikaze sidet`, potolok koptit`? Oj, konya b emu! gusli b zvonkie! Oj, v luga b emu, vo zelyony'j bor! Cherez rechen`ku da v tyomny'j sad, Gde solovushka na cheryomushke Czelu nochen`ku naprolyot poyot!
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, written 1857 [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 Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev (1829 - 1893), "Ой, честь-ли то молодцу" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "Ой, честь ли то молодцу", op. 24 no. 3, published 1892 [ women's chorus with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov (1849 - 1927), "Ой, честь ли то молодцу" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktor Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1870 - 1927), "Ой, честь ли то молодцу" [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Ой, честь-ли то молодцу лён прясти?", 1877, published 1882 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yury Sergeyevich Sakhnovsky (b. 1866), "Ой, честь ли то молодцу" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Ivanovich Sokalsky (1863 - 1919), "Ой, честь ли то молодцу" [sung text not yet checked]
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