U vrat obiteli svjatoj; У врат обители святой (At the Gates of the Holy Abode)
Song Title | U vrat obiteli svjatoj; У врат обители святой (Search) |
Title in English | At the Gates of the Holy Abode (Search) |
Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
Author(s): | Mikhail I͡Urʹevich Lermontov (Лермонтов, Михаил Юрьевич) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Alms; Ambivalence; Anguish; Apathy; Asking; Begging; Being Unloved; Betrayal; Betrayed Love; Betraying; Bitter; Bitterness; Bread; Cloister; Deceit; Dejected; Disdain; Disinterest; Dismay; Dismaying; Feelings; Gates; Hands; Heartache; Heartbreak; Holy; Hunger; Indifference; Longing; Love; Loving; Metaphor: Lover as Beggar; Metaphor: Lover as Holy Place; Need; Needing; Outstretched; Pain; Painful; Pains; Pale; Pleading; Pleas; Refusal of Love; Rejecting; Rejection; Spurning; Standing; Stone; Suffering; Tears; Thin; Thirst; Torment; Unanswered Love; Unattainable Love; Unrequited Love; Unwanted Love; Weak |
First Line | U vrat obiteli svjatoj; У врат обители святой (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1890 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=10140 |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism; Pre-realism (Search) |
Original Language | Russian (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cf/IMSLP07963-Rachmaninov_-_without_opus_1.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3vOXzvgRwmN7P6vlCJf4uD?si=hkSwhQJHR92H1za6PJ4RkA |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
Range: | A2 - Eb4 (Search) |
Original Key | G minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Mikhaíl Akímovich Slónov; Михаил Акимович Слонов (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) |