Obrochnik; Оброчник (With hold banner firmly held; The true servant; The peasant)

Song TitleObrochnik; Оброчник (Search)
Title in EnglishWith hold banner firmly held; The true servant; The peasant (Search)
Composer(s):Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич)
Author(s):A. A. Fet (Afanasiĭ Afanasʹevich; Фет, А.А. (Афанасий Афанасьевич))
Keyword(s) & Features: All; Art; Artisans; Artistic; Artists; Attaining; Banners; Beasts; Beliefs; Believing; Blessed; Blessing; Childish; Clearing; Commitments; Comparing; Comparisons; Contrast; Contrast: Artistic vs. Ordinary; Contrast: Beauty vs. Violence; Contrast: Gentle vs. Violent; Contrast: Greatness vs. Simplicity; Contrast: Knowledge vs. Ignorance; Dedicated; Determination; Devoted; Devotion; Down; Fears; Finally; Following; Forests; Forward; Going; Hands; Hardships; Heads; Highest; Hold On; Howling; Ideal; Ideals; Images; Intentions; Last; Lips; Longing; Metaphor; Metaphor: Peasant as Artist; Multitudes; Myself; Noble; Oaths; Obligation; Overcoming; People; Persevering; Persisting; Poems; Poetry; Poets; Portals; Praising; Proceeding; Promises; Promising; Proud; Raising; Resolving; Revered; Right; Sacred; Safe; Shouting; Singing; Songs; Spiritual; Spirituality; Swearing; Ultimate; Vowing; Vows; Wild; Willpower; Words; Writers; Writing
First LineKhorugv' svjashchennuju podjav svojej desnoj; Хоругвь священную подяв своей десной (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1912 (Search)
Larger WorkЧетырнадцать романсов; Fourteen Romances (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/aa/IMSLP07418-Rachmaninov_-_Op._34,_No._11.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2mYHCSYfsEndIRTLtknVFM
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 34 no. 11 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerLow voice
Range: C#4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyC# minor (Search)
Dedicated ToFeodor Ivanovich Chaliapin; Фёдор Иванович Шаляпин (Search)
Sources CitedRachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search)
ContributorMRH , Morgan Horning (Search)
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