Poljubila ja na pechal' svoju; Полюбила я на печаль свою (The soldier's wife; I have grown fond of sorrow)
| Song Title | Poljubila ja na pechal' svoju; Полюбила я на печаль свою (Search) |
| Title in English | The soldier's wife; I have grown fond of sorrow (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (Плещеев, Алексей Николаевич) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alone; Armies; Bare; Barren; Bleak; Brooding; Death; Desolate; Dismal; Falling in Love; Family; Fatalism; Fate; Future; Husbands; Huts; Loneliness; Marriage; Nothing; Orphans; Separation; Soldiers; Solitude; Sorrow; Strangers; Wars; Wives |
| First Line | Poljubila ja; Полюбила я (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1893 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=47538 |
| Larger Work | Шесть романсов; Six Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | Russian (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d7/IMSLP07157-Rachmaninov_-_Op._8,_No._4.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5oJTIMtAPBXtJXkTJWBDis?si=VqgiYFJyS9CDbzSUVNBTSg |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 8 no. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Middle voice |
| Range: | F#4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Maríya Olfér’eva (Search) |
| Premiered By | Lavrovskaya, Yelizaveta (Search) |
| Notes | Dedicated to the common-law wife of Rachmaninoff's father (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Rachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search) |
| Contributor | SHK/MRH (Search) |