by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), as Константин Дмитриевич Бальмонт
E`to li smert`? Ili son? Ili schast`e?
Language: Russian (Русский)
E`to li smert`? Ili son? Ili schast`e? Rokot bezmerny'j organnogo peniya. Tajna velikix zatonov besstrastiya. Mlenie vol`noe. Sladost` zabveniya. Okna czvetny'e zasty'li ot xoloda, L`dyany'e, vstali vozdushnoj pregradoyu. By'lo li? Umerlo? By'lo li molodo? By'lo li, stalo li novoj otradoyu? Kraski ognyami goryat neobmanny'mi, Skazki zakry'li xolodnuyu tverd`. Serdce ry'dan`yami dy'shit organny'mi. E`to 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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