| Song Title | Muzyka; Музыка (Search)
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| Title in English | Music (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (Полонский, Яков Петрович) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Airy; Artists; Bands; Beautiful; Beauty; Bliss; Carrying; Change; Changes; Changing; Composers; Concerts; Consciousness; Creation; Creativity; Crystal; Describing; Divine; Divinity; Divinity of Music; Effects; Elusive; Ephemeral; Ethereal; Exploration; Exploring; Faces; Filling; Flashes; Floating; Flowing; Good; Growing; Hope Through Music; Inspiration; Inspiring; Instants; Lifting; Living; Lovely; Magnificent; Melodies; Melodious; Melody; Metaphor; Metaphor: Music as Divinity; Metaphor: Music as Magic; Music; Musical; Musicians; Myself; Otherworldly; Poets; Power of Music; Power of Sound; Reflecting; Shifting; Sight; Simile; Singing; Smiles; Smiling; Solemn; Songs; Sounds; Strange; Swaying; Swelling; Tears; Torment; Transfiguration; Transfiguring; Transporting; Tuneful; Tunes; Vision; Visions; Waves; Wonderful |
| First Line | I plyvut, i rastut, `eti chudnye zvuki!; И плывут, и растут, эти чудные звуки! (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
1912 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Четырнадцать романсов; Fourteen 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/c/c2/IMSLP07415-Rachmaninov_-_Op._34,_No._8.pdf
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| Audio Source |
https://open.spotify.com/track/6xS7ffV05eVS961nBVp3QN
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| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 34 no. 8 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
| Range: | Bb3 - Gb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky; Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Search) |
| Notes | Polonsky also dedicated this poem to Tchaikovsky (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)
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