U vrat obiteli svjatoj; У врат обители святой (At the Gates of the Holy Abode)

Song TitleU vrat obiteli svjatoj; У врат обители святой (Search)
Title in EnglishAt 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 LineU vrat obiteli svjatoj; У врат обители святой (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1890 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=10140
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism; Pre-realism (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (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 LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerLow voice
Range: A2 - Eb4 (Search)
Original KeyG minor (Search)
Dedicated ToMikhaíl Akímovich Slónov; Михаил Акимович Слонов (Search)
Sources CitedRachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search)
ContributorSHK/MRH (Search)
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