by Alexei Vasilyevich Timofeyev (1812 - 1883)
Vy'bor zheny'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ne zhenis` na umnice, Na lixoj bede! Ne zhenis` na vdovushke, Na chuzhoj zhene! Zhenish`sya na vdovushke – Stary'j muzh pridet; Zhenish`sya na umnice – Golovu svernet. Ne zhenis` na zolote, Testevom dobre! Ne zhenis` na pochestyax, Zheninoj rodne! Zhenish`sya na zolote – Sam prodash` sebya; Zhenish`sya na pochestyax – Propadaj zhena! Mnogo pevchix ptashechek V bozhiix lesax; Mnogo krasny'x devushek V russkix gorodax. Zagonyaj solovushku V kletochku tvoyu; Vy'biraj iz devushek Ptashechku zhenu.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alexei Vasilyevich Timofeyev (1812 - 1883), written 1837 [author's text not yet checked 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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Выбор жены" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolay Ivanovich Bakhmetyev (1807 - 1891), "Выбор жены", 1867 [sung text not yet checked]
- by P. Broun , "Выбор жены" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Petrovich De Witte (d. 1844), "Выбор жены", 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrey Aleksandrovich Katenin (d. 1898), "Выбор жены", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov (1841 - 1891), "Выбор жены", 1875 [sung text not yet checked]
- by K. G. Mikhailov , "Выбор жены", 1909 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "Выбор жены" [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 74