by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860)
Vcherashnyaya noch` by'la tak svetla
Language: Russian (Русский)
Vcherashnyaya noch` by'la tak svetla. Vcherashnyaya noch` vsyo zvyozdy' zazhgla tak yasno, Chto, glyadya na xolmy' i dremlyushhij les, Na vody', blestyashhie bleskom nebes, YA dumal: o, zhit` v e`tom mire chudes prekrasno! Prekrasny' i volny' i dal` stepej, Prekrasna v odezhde zelyony'x vetvej dubrava; Prekrasna lyubov` s vechno svezhim venkom, I druzhby' zvezda s neizmenny'm luchom, I pesen vostorg s ozaryonny'm chelom, i slava! Vzglyanul ya na nebo, tam tverd` yasna; Vy'soko, vy'soko vosxodit ona nad bezdnoj; Tam zvyozdy' zhivy'e katyatsya v ogne... I detskoe chuvstvo prosnulos` vo mne; [I dumal ya: luchshe]1 nam v toj [tishine]2 nadzvyozdnoj!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Arensky: "Я думал: о, лучше"
2 Arensky, Balakirev: "вышине"
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804 - 1860), no title, appears in Nachtstück, no. 1 [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Вчеращняя ночь", op. 29 (Три дуэты (Tri du`ety) = Three duets) no. 2 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Ноктюрн", 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Вчерашняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Вчерашняя ночь", op. 60 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve romances) = Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1 (1886) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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