То было раннею весной | То было раннею весной

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

To bylo ranneju vesnoj

Language: Russian (Русский)

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To bylo ranneju vesnoj,
trava jedva vskhodila,
ruch'i tekli, ne paril znoj,
i zelen' roshch skvozila;

Truba pastush'ja poutru
jeshchjo ne pela zvonko,
i v zavitkakh jeshchjo v boru,
byl paporotnik tonkij;

To bylo ranneju vesnoj,
v teni berjoz to bylo,
kogda s ulybkoj predo mnoj
ty ochi opustila...

To na ljubov' moju v otvet
ty opustila vezhdy!
O zhizn'! o, les! o, solnca svet!
O, junost'! o, nadezhdy!

I plakal ja pered toboj,
na lik tvoj gljadja milyj;
to bylo ranneju vesnoj,
v teni berjoz to bylo!

To bylo v utro nashikh let!
O, schast'e! o sljozy!
o, les! o, zhizn'! o, solnca svet!
O, svezhij dukh berjozy!

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N. Rimsky-Korsakov sets stanzas 1, 3-6

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1871 [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 Vladimir Fyodorovich Kazimir , "То было раннею весной" [sung text not yet checked]
by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "То было раннею весной" [sung text not yet checked]
by Nikolay Sergeyevich Potolovsky (1878 - 1927), "То было раннею весной" [sung text not yet checked]
by Rigelman , "То было раннею весной" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "То было раннею весной", op. 43 no. 4 (1897), stanzas 1,3-6 [ voice and piano ], from Весной (Vesnoj), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "То было раннею весной" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "То было раннею весной", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "То было раннею весною" [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ottokar Nováček.
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