Poshchady ja molju!; Пощады я молю! (The pity I implore!; I beg for mercy)
| Song Title | Poshchady ja molju!; Пощады я молю! (Search) |
| Title in English | The pity I implore!; I beg for mercy (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Мережковский, Дмитрий Сергеевич) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Spring; Approaching; Begging; Being; Bitterness; Burning; Caresses; Childish; Comparing; Comparisons; Contrast: Joy vs. Grief; Contrast: Past vs. Present; Cruel; Cruelty; Dear; Death; Fairy tales; Fragrant; Granting; Hearts; Ill; Imploring; Indifference; Love; Lovers; Loving; Memories; Mercy; Misfortune; No; Oblivion; Pain; Passion; Passionate; Past; Paying; Peace; Pity; Pitying; Pleading; Prayers; Praying; Remembering; Remembrance; Sad; Sadness; Seeing; Sick; Sickly; Slumber; Sorrow; Souls; Spring; Stirring; Suffering; Sweet; Taking; Tormenting; Touching; Weak; Weary; Wind; Withering |
| First Line | Poshchady ja molju! Ne much' menja, vesna; Пощады я молю! Не мучь меня, весна (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1906 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11134 |
| Larger Work | Пятнадцать романсов; Fifteen 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/2/2d/IMSLP07362-Rachmaninov_-_Op._26,_No._8.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0CTD5NdRd81OCqvENCbS2U |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 26 no. 8 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | G#4 - A5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Мария Семёновна Керзина и Аркадий Михайлович Керзин ; Maria Semyonovna Kerzina and Arkady Mikhailovich Kerzin (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) |