by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881)
Zdravstvuj, zdravstvuj, guvernantka!
Language: Russian (Русский)
Zdravstvuj, zdravstvuj, guvernantka! Veselis` i torzhestvuj, Retrogradka il` zhorzh-zandka, Vsyo ravno teper` likuj! [...]1 Uchish` ty' detej soplivy'x Po-franczuzski bukvaryu I podmigivat` gotova, Chtoby' vzyal, xot` ponmaryu! [...]1 No v nash vek reform velikix Ne voz`met i ponomar`; Nado, bary'shnya, ,,tolikix``, Ili snova za bukvar`. [...]1 No teper`, kogda, piruya, My' sobrali kapital, I pridanoe, tanczuya, Shlyom tebe iz e`tix zal, -- Retrogadka il` zhorzh-zandka, Vsyo ravno teper` likuj! Ty' s pridany'm, guvernantka, Plyuj na vsyo i torzhestvuj!2
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2 Shostakovich adds an additional line: "Pluj! Likuj! I torzhestvuj!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881), no title, appears in Бесы (Besy) = Demons [novel], Book 3, Part 1, chapter 2 [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Бал в ползу гувернанток", op. 146 no. 3 (1974), first performed 1975 [ bass and piano ], from Четырёх стихотворениях капитана Лебядкина = Chetyrjokh stikhotvorenijakh kapitana Lebjadkina, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-30
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