by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), as Константин Дмитриевич Бальмонт
Ėto li smert'? Ili son? Ili sčast'e?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ėto li smert'? Ili son? Ili sčast'e? Rokot bezmernyj organnogo penija. Tajna velikich zatonov besstrastija. Mlenie vol'noe. Sladost' zabvenija. Okna cvetnye zastyli ot choloda, L'djanye, vstali vozdušnoj pregradoju. Bylo li? Umerlo? Bylo li molodo? Bylo li, stalo li novoj otradoju? Kraski ognjami gorjat neobmannymi, Skazki zakryli cholodnuju tverd'. Serdce rydan'jami dyšit organnymi. Ėto li smert'?
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Confirmed with Константин Дмитриевич Бальмонт, Птицы в Воздухе, С.П.Б. Изд. Шиповник, 1908, p.175
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Text Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), as Константин Дмитриевич Бальмонт, "Это ли?", appears in Птицы в Воздухе = Pticy v vozdukhe, first published 1909 [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 Grigory Abramovich Kreyn (1879 - 1955), "Это ли смерть?", op. 9 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa) = Four romances) no. 1 (1911), published 1916 [ voice and piano? ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
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