Тихо вечер догорает,
  Горы золотя;
Знойный воздух холодает, -
  Спи, моё дитя!

Соловьи давно запели,
  Сумрак возвестя;
Струны робко зазвенели, -
  Спи, моё дитя!

[Блещут]1 ангельские очи,
  Трепетно светя;
Так легко дыханье ночи, -
  Спи, моё дитя!

Так легко и так привольно,
  Страсти укротя,
В сердце вымолвишь невольно:
  Спи, моё дитя!

P. Bulakhov sets stanzas 1-3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
N. Rimsky-Korsakov sets stanzas 1-3
A. Arensky sets stanzas 1-3

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• by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Серенада", written 1850 [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 Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "Серенада", op. 6 (9 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (9 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Серенада", op. 57 (Три Квартета (Tri Kvarteta) = Drei Quartette) no. 1, stanzas 1-3 [ SATB quartet and violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Тихо вечер догорает", stanzas 1-3 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Тихо вечер догорает" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ivan Ivanovich Chernov (1872 - 1952), "Серенада" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "Серенада", op. 9 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Романсов на стихотворения А. Фета, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Тихо вечер догорает", op. 4 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 4 (1866), stanzas 1-3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Ivanovich Rubets (1837 - 1913), "Серенада" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mikhail Akimovich Slonov (1869 - 1930), "Тихо вечер догорает" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Тихо вечер догорает", VWV 1063 (1863-1865) [ voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies sur les Poésies Russes, no. 6, Éd. E. Gérard & Cie., anciennement Meissonnier, also set in French (Français), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Golden glühn der Berge Gipfel", appears in Russische Dichter ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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