Zdes′ khorosho; Здесь хорошо (How fair this spot; Here it is nice)
| Song Title | Zdes′ khorosho; Здесь хорошо (Search) |
| Title in English | How fair this spot; Here it is nice (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Glafira Adol'fovna Mamoshina (Мамошина, Галина Адольфовна (as G. (Glafira) Galina (Галина Адольфовна Глафира))) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Dreams; Beautiful; Beauty; Blazing; Carpets; Clouds; Colors; Connecting; Connection to Nature; Contentment; Couples; Creation; Describing; Distance; Dreams; Evoking; Existence; Far away; Fire; Flowers; Gentle; Gentleness; Glittering; God; Goodness; Here; Looking; Meadows; Myself; Nature; Nice; No; Observations; Observing; Overhead; Peace; Peaceful; People; Pines; Pleasant; Pleasing; Prayers; Quiet; Reflecting; Reflection; Reflections; Refuge; Relief; Reveling; Rivers; Silence; Silent; Soliloquy; Solitude; Stillness; Thinking; Thoughts; Together; Tranquil; Tranquility; Trees; White; World |
| First Line | Zdes′ khorosho; Здесь хорошо (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1902 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5860 |
| Larger Work | Двенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/95/IMSLP07295-Rachmaninov_-_Op._21,_No._7.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlNIb69zfrE |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 21 no. 7 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | D4 - B5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | N (Rachmaninov's wife, Natalia (Search) |
| Notes | Glafira Adol'fovna Galina(Галина Адольфовна Глафира) is the pseudonym of Russian children's writer and poet Glafira Adol'fovna Mamoshina (Галина Адольфовна Мамошина), also known by her married name Countess Gloria Einerling and Gloria Guseva-Orenburgskaia (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Rachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search) |
| Contributor | AL; SHK; MRH (Search) |