Iz `Evangelija ot Ioanna; Из Эвангелия от Иоанна (From the Gospel of John)

Song TitleIz `Evangelija ot Ioanna; Из Эвангелия от Иоанна (Search)
Title in EnglishFrom 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 LineBol'shi seja ljubve nikto zhe immat'; Больши сея любве никто же иммать (Search)
Average Duration1:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1914 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=23794
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (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 LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBass
Range: C#3 - E4 (Search)
Original KeyA 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 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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