by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)
Я была на краю чего‑то
Language: Russian (Русский)
Я была на краю чего-то, Чему верного нет названья... Зазывающая дремота, От себя самой ускользание...
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1942 [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):
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Смерть", first performed 1993 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 6
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-12
Line count: 4
Word count: 15