Ostrovok; Островок (The isle)
| Song Title | Ostrovok; Островок (Search) |
| Title in English | The isle (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Konstantin Dmitrievich Balʹmont (Бальмонт, Константин Дмитриевич (after Percy Bysshe Shelley)) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Air; Anemones; Awe; Beautiful; Beauty; Breezes; Calm; Calming; Canopies; Carpets; Connecting; Connection to Nature; Connections; Describing; Dreaming; Dreams; Evoking; Flowers; Grass; Green; Greenery; Islands; Isles; Leaves; Metaphor: Trees as Statues; Nature; Peace; Peaceful; Personification: Island; Rest; Restful; Resting; Safety; Seas; Silence; Silent; Sleeping; Solitude; Statues; Stillness; Stirring; Storms; Tranquil; Tranquility; Trees; Violets; Waves; Wonder; Wondering; Wonderment |
| First Line | Iz morja smotrit ostrovok; Из моря смотрит островок (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1896 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=19123 |
| Larger Work | Двенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/f3/IMSLP07268-Rachmaninov_-_Op._14,_No._2.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QKoZruotPo |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 14 no. 2 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Eb4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Sófya (Sophia) Aleksándrovna Satiná; София Александровна Сатина (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Rachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search) |
| Contributor | SHK/MRH (Search) |