Ikalos' li tebe, Natasha; Икалось ли тебе, Наташа (Were you hiccuping, Natasha)

Song TitleIkalos' li tebe, Natasha; Икалось ли тебе, Наташа (Search)
Title in EnglishWere you hiccuping, Natasha (Search)
Composer(s):Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич)
Author(s):Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (Вяземский, Пëтр Андреевич)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Alcohol; Ardent; Bottles; Brands; Castalian Spring; Cellars; Champagne; Characteristics; Coming; Comparisons to Greek Ideals; Consuming; Dreaming; Drink; Drinking; Fable; Five; Flowing; Francs; Glasses; Greek; Greeks; Hiccuping; Imagining; Inspiring; Intoxicating; Love; Lovers; Loving; Metaphor: Lover as Muse; Metaphor: Lover as Poet; Muses; Paying; Poetry; Poets; Romance; Romans; Singing; Springs; Streams; Strength; Tastes; Thinking; Unlike; Various; Vintages; Voronezh; Wine
First LineIkalos' li tebe, Natasha; Икалось ли тебе, Наташа (Search)
Average Duration1:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1899 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=914
Musical FormBar form (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/48/IMSLP07790-Rachmaninov_-_without_opus_9.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2uo6Kc9woAlcpgDR39EXAu?si=zH_6RCV3TLmuT52XGAZBiA
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerLow voice
Range: C3 - F4 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Dedicated ToNatalia Alexandrovna (Satina) Rachmaninoff; Наталья Александровна (Сатина) Рахманинов (Search)
NotesThe words of the dedication translate to: "No! My muse has not died, dear Natasha. I dedicate my new romance to you." (Search)
Sources CitedRachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search)
ContributorMRH , Morgan Horning (Search)
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