by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Певец
Language: Russian (Русский)
Некрасив я, знаю сам; В битве бесполезен! -- Чём же женам и мужам Мил я и любезен? Песни, словно гул в струнах, Грудь мне наполняют, Улыбаются в устах И в очах сияют.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Певец", written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 13 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Певец", op. 50 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 2 (1897) [sung text checked 1 time]
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