Vybor Zheny; Выбор жены (Choice of wife, Russian Song)
| Song Title | Vybor Zheny; Выбор жены (Search) |
| Title in English | Choice of wife, Russian Song (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Aleksandr Aljabjev (Аля́бьев, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович) |
| Author(s): | Aleksei Vasil'evich Timofeev |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Accolades; Advice; Beautiful; Birds; Cages; Choosing; Cities; Clever; Encouraging; Forests; Girls; Godly; Gold; Goodness; Husbands; Kings; Marrying; Metaphor: Wife as Bird; Metaphor: Woman as Bird; Misfortunes; Nightingales; Personification: Birds; Relatives; Riches; Selling; Singing; Troublesome; Waste; Wealth; Widows; Wives |
| First Line | Ne zhenis' na umnice, na likhoj bede (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1838 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Five Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP510623-PMLP827483-Alyabiev_Romances_3.pdf |
| Range: | E4 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | B minor (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Alyabev, Selected Romances and Songs; ISBN 978-5-7140-0332-5 (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |