Davno l′, moy drug; Давно ль, мой друг (How long, my friend)

Song TitleDavno l′, moy drug; Давно ль, мой друг (Search)
Title in EnglishHow long, my friend (Search)
Composer(s):Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич)
Author(s):A. A. (Arseniĭ Arkadʹevich) Golenishchev-Kutuzov (graf; Голенищев-Кутузов, Арсений Аркадьевич)
Keyword(s) & Features: Absent Love; Aching; Addressee: Lover; Alone; Beloved; Blundering; Boiling; Brimming; Calm; Crowds; Day; Depression; Desires; Distant; Distant Love; Dreams; Emptiness; Expression of Love; Fading; Farewell; Flying; Friends; Gazes; Hearts; How Long; Loneliness; Long; Lost; Lovers; Memories; Memory; Metaphor: Time as Sea; Mind; Numb; Parting; Penetrating; Pouring; Rays; Recalling; Recollections; Remembering; Remembrance; Reunions; Reuniting; Rushing; Sad; Sadness; Seas; Separation; Songs; Souls; Stopping; Strange; Thoughts; Time; Together; Uniting; Waves; Whirlwinds; Without Love
First LineDavno l′, moy drug; Давно ль, мой друг (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1893 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=120455
Larger WorkШесть романсов; Six Romances (Search)
Musical FormAABA (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c6/IMSLP06983-Rachmaninov_-_Op._4,_No._6.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6rT9emJfP3HMqDHn7TuNC5?si=wi6mv75mTGmla5CrKs-ePw
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 4 no. 6 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: D4 - B5 (Search)
Original KeyG minor (Search)
Dedicated ToOlga Andreyevna Golenishcheva-Kutuzova; Ольга Андреевна Голенищева-Кутузова (Search)
Sources CitedRachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search)
ContributorSHK/MRH (Search)
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