Au; Ау (A‑oo!; The Quest)
| Song Title | Au; Ау (Search) |
| Title in English | A‑oo!; The Quest (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (Бальмонт, Константин Дмитриевич) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alluring; Calling; Candles; Changing; Crowning; Crying; Daylight; Desiring; Dreams; Eagerness; Fairy tales; Flowers; Flutes; Gentle; Going; Hearing; Heights; Infatuation; Laughter; Lighting; Longing; Metaphor: Flower as Lover; Metaphor: Mountains as Relationship; Moods; Mountains; Passion; Ringing; Running; Searching; Separation; Shouting; Singing; Slopes; Someone; Sounds; Summoning; Urgency; Verses; Wreaths |
| First Line | Tvoj nezhnyj smekh byl skazkoju izmenchivoju; Твой нежный смех был сказкою изменчивою (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1916 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=32316 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Symbolism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP07545-Rachmaninov_-_Op._38,_No._6.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0qWUVf6NB8iSAKwBXocDcd |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 38 no. 6 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | C4 - Bb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Db Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Nina Pavlovna Koshetz, Нина Павловна Кошиц (Search) |
| Premiered By | Nina Pavlovna Koshetz; Нина Павловна Кошиц and Rachmaninoff, Serge; Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич (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) |