Iz `Evangelija ot Ioanna; Из Эвангелия от Иоанна (From the Gospel of John)
Song Title | Iz `Evangelija ot Ioanna; Из Эвангелия от Иоанна (Search) |
Title in English | From the Gospel of John (Search) |
Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
Author(s): | Biblical text |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Allies; Armies; Arms; Battlefields; Benevolence; Binding; Bonding; Brethren; Brothers; Camaraderie; Companions; Companionship; Compassion; Compatriots; Comrades; Connecting; Connections; Death; Defenders; Down; Dying; Empathy; Fate; Fates; Fellows; Forces; Friends; Friendship; Grace; Graces; Great; Great War; Guardians; Humankind; Humans; Kindness; Laying; Life; Lives; Love; Loving; Mankind; Mates; Men; Military; No; Nobility; Noble; Relationships; Russia; Russian; Sacrifice; Sacrificing; Slaughter; Slaughtering; Soldiers; Souls; Tender; Tenderness; Wars; World War I |
First Line | Bol'shi seja ljubve nikto zhe immat'; Больши сея любве никто же иммать (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1914 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=23794 |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | Russian (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/70/IMSLP07793-Rachmaninov_-_without_opus_12.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3evr8R2xczA6K7FTcDhFJP |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Bass |
Range: | C#3 - E4 (Search) |
Original Key | A Major/C# minor (Search) |
Notes | "This song…was written to honor the fallen soldiers of the Russian army after the outbreak of World War I. That event…turned out to mark the beginning of the end for the Russian empire." Sylvester, pp. 232 (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) |