Na smert' chizhika; На смерть чижика (On the death of the linnet; On the death of a siskin)
| Song Title | Na smert' chizhika; На смерть чижика (Search) |
| Title in English | On the death of the linnet; On the death of a siskin (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Жуковский, Василый Андреевич) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Affection; Allowing; Away; Being; Beloved; Birds; Coffins; Companionship; Creatures; Dear; Dearness; Death; Death of Love; Departed Love; Dreams; Dying; Earth; Elegy; Faithful; Faithfulness; Fidelity; Finches; Fleeting; Flying; Friendly; Friends; Friendship; Frightening; Gifts; Giving; Greeting; Hands; Hiding; Innocence; Innocent; Lamentations; Lamenting; Laying; Linnets; Little; Living; Losing; Loss; Lost Friendship; Lost Love; Loving; Missed Love; Mourning; Nature; Peaceful; Plaints; Power of Love; Provinces; Reflecting; Remembering; Remembrance; Returning; Rue; Sadness; Singing; Songs; Sorrowful; Surviving; Tender; Tenderness; Winged; World |
| First Line | V sem grobe vernyj chizhik moj!; В сем гробе верный чижик мой! (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1902 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=123772 |
| Larger Work | Двенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6c/IMSLP07296-Rachmaninov_-_Op._21,_No._8.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4hXp9yBYomeBfw85YoftMg |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 21 no. 8 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
| Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Olga Andreyevna Trubinkova; Ольга Андреевна Трубенкова (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) |