Na son grjadushchij; На сон грядущий (Prayer at bedtime; At bedtime; Before sleep)
| Song Title | Na son grjadushchij; На сон грядущий (Search) |
| Title in English | Prayer at bedtime; At bedtime; Before sleep (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (Огарёв, Николай Платонович) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Accusing; All; Bearing; Beds; Bedtime; Before; Benedictions; Beseeching; Betrayal; Betraying; Blessing; Bodies; Breath; Bringing; Burning; Busy; Compassion; Compassionate; Creatures; Darkness; Day; Deceit; Deceiving; Deceptions; Delusion; Delusions; Dreaming; Dreams; Empathy; End; Fatigue; Fooling; Forgiving; Giving; God; Going to Sleep; Hostile; Hypocrisy; Infants; Irony; Lies; Life; Lives; Living; Love; Loving; Lying; Misery; Mockery; Mocking; Night; Paupers; Peace; People; Prayers; Praying; Quiet; Relief; Rest; Restful; Resting; Ridicule; Sad; Sarcasm; Satire; Sins; Sleep; Sleeping; Somber; Soothing; Souls; Suffering; Summoning; Talking; Tears; Time; Wanting; Weariness; Wearing Out; Weary; Wearying; World |
| First Line | Nochnaja t'ma bezmolvije prinosit; Ночная тьма безмолвие приносит (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1875 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=12242 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism; Naturalism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e2/IMSLP19052-PMLP44977-Tchaik_TH098.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0W1CRFwr0WuKehPZeV0thp?si=hX0p7YM-Qb-cJEU9BtQ5pQ |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 27 no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
| Range: | Bb3 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Bb minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya; Елизавета Андреевна Лавровская (Search) |
| Notes | Line 3 is a paraphrase of the opening line of a lyric by Pushkin, Пора, мои друг, пора! покоя сердце просит," ("It's time, my friend, it's time! the heart asks for peace," 1834)." Sylvester pp. 81 (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://www.worldcat.org/title/tchaikovskys-complete-songs-a-companion-with-texts-and-translations/oclc/46835585; http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Main_Page (Search) |
| Contributor | MRH , Morgan Horning (Search) |