Veter pereljotnyj; Ветер перелётный (Day to night comparing went the wind her way; The migrant wind)

Song TitleVeter pereljotnyj; Ветер перелётный (Search)
Title in EnglishDay to night comparing went the wind her way; The migrant wind (Search)
Composer(s):Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич)
Author(s):Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (Бальмонт, Константин Дмитриевич)
Keyword(s) & Features: Across; Allegory; Battles; Battling; Black; Blowing; Caressing; Clouds; Comparing; Comparisons; Contrast; Contrast: Dark vs. Light; Contrast: Day vs. Night; Contrast: Good vs. Evil; Dark; Darkening; Darkness; Day; Daylight; Defeating; Dichotomy; Dim; Dimming; Dismay; Dismaying; East; Enormous; Eve; Evening; Expectation; Expecting; Eyes; Fable; Faces; Far; Fiery; Firs; Flowers; Gentle; Gentleness; Gloom; Glowing; Grinning; Growing; Gusts; Heaven; Heavens; Igniting; Imagery; Images; Imagination; Late; Light; Looming; Messages; Messengers; Metaphor: Wind as Messenger; Midnight; Migrating; Moral; Night; Nighttime; Opening; Past; Patience; Racing; Radiant; Rain; Raining; Reigning; Resurrecting; Rippling; Saying; Seas; Shadows; Shifting; Slipping; Smiles; Somber; Stories; Straight; Sunrise; Sunset; Supreme; Swells; Symbolism; Tales; Trembling; Triumph; Triumphant; Triumphing; Troubled; Turning; Twilight; Victories; Victorious; Voices; Waiting; Wandering; Waves; Whispers; Wide; Wind; Winning; World
First LineVeter pereljotnyj oblaskal menja; Ветер перелётный обласкал меня (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1912 (Search)
Larger WorkЧетырнадцать романсов; Fourteen Romances (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsSymbolism (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/02/IMSLP07411-Rachmaninov_-_Op._34,_No._4.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6j27SP65T1dKh7rjCSlQRv
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 34 no. 4 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: Eb4 - G#5 (Search)
Original KeyA minor (Search)
Dedicated ToLeonid Vitalyevich Sobinov; Леонид Витальевич Собинов (Search)
Sources CitedRachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search)
ContributorMRH , Morgan Horning (Search)
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