by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Tochno prizrak umirayushij
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tochno prizrak umirayushij, Na stepi kovy'l` kachaetsya, Smotrit mesyacz dogorayushij, Beloj tuchkoj omrachaetsya. I bluzhdayut teni smutny'e Po prostranstvu neoglyadnomu, I neprochny'e, minutny'e, Chto-to shepchut vetru zhadnomu. I merczanie mel`knuvshee Ischezaet za tumanami, Utonuvshee minuvshee Voznikaet nad kurganami. Mesyacz merknet, omrachaetsya, Dogorayushij i tayushij, I, drozha, kovy'l` kachaetsya, Tochno prizrak umirayushij.
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Text Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Ковыль", appears in В безбрежности (V bezbrezhnosti), in 2. За пределы (Za predely), no. 11 [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Ковыль" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Точно призрак умирающий", op. 52 (Двенадцать романсов (Dvenadcat' romansov) = Twelve Romances) no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "Ковыль" [sung text not yet checked]
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