by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), as Константин Дмитриевич Бальмонт
`Eto li smert'? Ili son? Ili schast'e?
Language: Russian (Русский)
`Eto li smert'? Ili son? Ili schast'e? Rokot bezmernyj organnogo penija. Tajna velikikh zatonov besstrastija. Mlenije vol'noje. Sladost' zabvenija. Okna cvetnye zastyli ot kholoda, L'djanye, vstali vozdushnoj pregradoju. Bylo li? Umerlo? Bylo li molodo? Bylo li, stalo li novoj otradoju? Kraski ognjami gorjat neobmannymi, Skazki zakryli kholodnuju tverd'. Serdce rydan'jami dyshit organnymi. `Eto 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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