| Song Title | Molitva; Молитва (Search)
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| Title in English | Prayer (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov (Романов, Константин Константинович) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: God; All; Beating; Beats; Blood; Catholic; Catholicism; Catholics; Christian; Christianity; Christians; Coming; Complaining; Consecrating; Deep; Difficult; Eastern Orthodoxy (Orthodox Catholicism); Fate; Fates; God; Gracious; Hearts; Life; Living; Lord; Lords; Love; Loving; Mind; Obedience; Obeying; Prayers; Praying; Precious; Pure; Redeeming; Souls; Teachers; Teaching; Thoughts; Vowing; Vows; Will; Wills |
| First Line | Nauchi menja, Bozhe, ljubit'; Научи меня, Боже, любить (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
1916 (Search) |
| Larger Work | 2 Sacred Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Slavophilia (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Audio Source |
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EpaFauL1og9viZ6zXUSdF?si=HVtaEsi9SFW4ixcW88vlGg
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| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | C4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Nina Pavlovna Koshetz, Нина Павловна Кошиц (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | https://www.worldcat.org/title/two-sacred-songs-high-voice-and-piano-with-russian-and-english-text/oclc/1839199?referer=di&ht=edition (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)
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