K detjam; К детям (To the children)
Song Title | K detjam; К детям (Search) |
Title in English | To the children (Search) |
Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
Author(s): | Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (Хомяков, Алексей Степанович) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Child; All; Almighty; Around; Asking; Asleep; Beds; Being; Beloved; Beseeching; Blessing; Carefree; Caring; Childish; Children; Coming; Comparing; Comparisons; Contrast; Contrast: Joy vs. Grief; Contrast: Joy vs. Sadness; Contrast: Joy vs. Sorrow; Contrast: Life vs. Death; Contrast: Past vs. Present; Crosses; Crushing; Dark; Darkness; Day; Death; Empty; Fatherhood; Fathering; God; Going; Grace; Grief; Guardians; Happy; Hearts; Hope; Hoping; Hours; Imploring; Innocence; Joy; Joyous; Keeping; Lamps; Late; Life; Lights; Little; Living; Long; Loss; Loving; Memories; Midnight; Mortality; Motherhood; Mothers; No More; Now; Over; Painful; Parenthood; Parenting; Parents; Past; Peace; Prayers; Praying; Present; Pure; Purity; Raising; Rearing; Remembering; Rest; Resting; Rooms; Sad; Sadness; Seeing; Separation; Signs; Sleeping; Souls; Sweet; Sweetness; Thinking; Time; Watching |
First Line | Byvalo, v glubokij polunochnyj chas; Бывало, в глубокий полуночный час (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1906 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=123767 |
Larger Work | Пятнадцать романсов; Fifteen Romances (Search) |
Musical Form | AABA (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Slavophilia (Search) |
Original Language | Russian (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/3f/IMSLP576899-PMLP17702-Rachmaninoff_Op26.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/6GSOWzrOMcbYBMHSYjnkSG |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 26 no. 7 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
Range: | E4 - F5 (Search) |
Original Key | F Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Мария Семёновна Керзина и Аркадий Михайлович Керзин ; Maria Semyonovna Kerzina and Arkady Mikhailovich Kerzin (Search) |
Notes | Khomyakov wrote this text after the death of his two infant sons; During the Soviet era, this song text was excised of all references to religion, replacing much of the text - some editions still utilize the modified text (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) |