by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)
Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Language: Russian (Русский)
Я видел ночь. Она передо мной Вся в черном шла, [прекрасная, живая]1, Волшебница с поникшей головой, Зарницами, как взглядами сверкая. Прозрачен был её воздушный стан; Но чуял я дыханья знойный трепет, И в тишине, как ласковый обман Незримых уст, призывный нёсся лепет. Казалось мне, [желанная]2 зовёт Меня с собой к любви и наслажденью. И я всё шёл, всё шёл за ней вперёд, Объятый весь огнём её и тенью!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов, Затишье и буря (1868-1878), С.-Петербург, 1878, page 25. The spelling has been modernized.
1 Musorgsky: "живая, молодая"2 Musorgsky: "что чудная"
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- by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878) [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Летная ночь", op. 8 (Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Летная ночь", op. 44 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Sechs Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "Летняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Летняя ночь", op. 50 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Ночь, 4 романса на слова гр. А.Голенищева-Кутузова, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf (1886 - 1942), "Летняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Видение", 1877 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by G. Löwenthal ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki, Anton Stepanovich Arensky.
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