by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Птичка
Language: Russian (Русский)
В чужбине свято наблюдаю Родной обычай старины: На волю птичку выпускаю При светлом празднике весны. Я стал доступен утешенью; За что на бога мне роптать, Когда хоть одному творенью Я мог свободу даровать!
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Птичка" [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 Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Птичка", 1936, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Шесть романсов Пушкина (Shest' romansov Pushkina) = Seven Romances of Pushkin, no. 3, note: this could be the wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation possibly by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951); composed by Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-15
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Word count: 33