Oni otvechali; Они отвечали (They answered; The answer)
| Song Title | Oni otvechali; Они отвечали (Search) |
| Title in English | They answered; The answer (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
| Author(s): | Lev Aleksandrovich Meĭ (Мей, Лев Алекса́ндрович (after Victor Hugo)) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Action; Advice; Advising; Answering; Arms; Asking; Beauty; Boats; Calmness; Comparing; Comparisons; Contrast; Contrast: Gentle vs. Violent; Contrast: Masculine vs. Feminine; Contrast: Toughness vs. Tenderness; Conversation; Conversations; Dialogue; Escaping; Falling; Fast; Female; Femininity; Forever; Forgetting; Gliding; Guards; Instructing; Life; Love; Loving; Making; Male; Malice; Masculinity; Men; Misery; Multiple Speakers; Passionate; Police; Poverty; Pretty; Pursuing; Questioning; Questions; Replying; Responding; Responses; Rowing; Seagulls; Sleeping; Sorrow; Spells; Stillness; Strife; Swift; Tears; Trouble; Vales; Water; Waves; White; Winning; Wisdom; Women; Words |
| First Line | Sprosili oni: ,,Kak v letuchikh chelnakh; Спросили они: ,,Как в летучих челнах (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1902 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8505 |
| Larger Work | Двенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/4d/IMSLP07292-Rachmaninov_-_Op._21,_No._4.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLZ6Of67EaA |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 21 no. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Eb4 - Bb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Db Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Yelena Yuryevna Zhukovskaya; Елена Юрьевна Жуковская (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) |