| Song Title | Ona, kak polden', khorosha; Она, как полдень, хороша (Search)
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| Title in English | As fair as day in blaze of noon; She is as beautiful as midday (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (Виленкин, Николай Максимович (as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky (Николай Максимович Минский))) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Jewish (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Attracting; Beautiful; Being; Comparing; Comparisons; Contrast; Destiny; Drawing; Eternal; Eyes; Fate; Feelings; Grief; Inscrutable; Knowing; Longing; Loving; Metaphor: Beauty as Shining Sunlight; Metaphor: Sea as Lover; Midday; Midnight; More; Myself; Mysterious; Observing; Seas; Shores; Silence; Silent; Souls; Strife; Suffering; Unanswered Love; Unattainable Love; Unequal; Unrequited Love; Unworthy; Weeping; Yearning |
| First Line | Ona, kak polden', khorosha; Она, как полдень, хороша (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
1896 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Двенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Decadence, Symbolism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source |
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/46/IMSLP07275-Rachmaninov_-_Op._14,_No._9.pdf
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| Audio Source |
https://open.spotify.com/track/2bGnMt2TuN1uQ6ZkFCEwQZ
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| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 14 no. 9 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
| Range: | Bb3 - Gb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya; Елизавета Андреевна Лавровская (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Rachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search) |
| Contributor | MRH , Morgan Horning (Search)
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