by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)
Smert'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Spokojno na pogoste pod lunoju... Krestov ob"jat'ja, kamni i siren'... No vot nash sklep. Pod mramornoj stenoju, kak [tjomnyj]1 prizrak, vytjanulas' ten'. I zhutko mne. I moj dvojnik mogil'nyj kak budto zhdjot chego-to pri lune... No ja idu - i ten', kak rab bessil'nyj, opjat' polzjot, opjat' pokorna mne!
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1 Lyatoshynsky: "ранний"
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1 Lyatoshynsky: "ранний"
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Authorship:
- by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), "Смерть", written 1902 [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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Смерть", op. 36 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Six Romances) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky (1895 - 1968), "Смерть", op. 5 (П'ять романсів для баса та фп. = Пять романсов для баса и фп. ) no. 2, published 1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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