12 Romances, Op.21 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

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Contents
Movements/Sections 12
  1. Fate / Судьба (Sud′ba)
    Allegro moderato (C minor)
  2. By the Fresh Grave / Над свежей могилой (Nad svezhey mogiloy)
    Largo (E minor)
  3. Twilight / Сумерки (Sumerki)
    Lento (E minor)
  4. They Answered / Они отвечали (Oni otvechali)
    Allegro vivace (D♭ major)
  5. Lilacs / Сирень (Siren' )
    Allegretto (A♭ major)
  6. Fragment from Musset / Отрывок из А. Мюссе (Otryvok iz A. Myusse)
    Allegro non tanto (Invalid key)
  7. How Fair this Spot / Здесь хорошо (Zdes′ khorosho)
    Moderato (A major)
  8. On the Death of a Linnet / На смерть чижика (Na smert′ chizhika)
    Allegretto (C minor)
  9. Melody / Мелодия (Melodiya)
    Non Allegro (B♭ major)
  10. Before the Ikon / Пред иконой (Pred ikonoy)
    Adagio (E♭ major)
  11. No Prophet I / Я не пророк (Ya ne prorok)
    Moderato (E♭ major)
  12. How Painful for Me / Как мне больно (Kak mne bol′no)
    Allegro mosso (G minor)
Composition Year 1900–02
Genre Categories Romances; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; Russian language; For piano (arr); For 1 player; For trumpet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet; For 2 players

Sheet Music

Voice and Piano

Complete

 1. Fate
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 2. By the Fresh Grave
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 3. Twilight
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 4. They Answered
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 5. Lilacs
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 6. Fragment from Musset
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 7. How Fair This Spot
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 8. On the Death of a Linnet
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 9. Melody
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 10. Before the Icon
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 11. No Prophet I
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 12. How Painful for Me
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Editor:

Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Zarui Apetovna Apetian

Publisher Info.:

Rakhmaninov: Romansi - Polnoe Sobrannie (pp.126-73)
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(1957). Plate M. 26012 Г.

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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Russian texts only

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 1. Le Destin (middle voice)
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 2. By the Fresh Grave (sur la tombe encor fraîche)
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Language:

Russian / French

Translator:

Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877-1944), French text

Publisher Info.:

Moskow: A. Gutheil, 1921. Plate A. 8325a G., A. 8303a G.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano solo (Shefer)

 4. They Answered
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 11. No Prophet I
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 12. How Painful for Me
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Arranger:

Aleksandr Schaefer (1866–1914)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: A. Gutheil, n.d.(ca.1911). Plates A. 9428, 9431, 9470 G.

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Lilacs (No.5)

For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)

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Editor:

Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Konstantin Igumnov (1873–1948)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobrannie Sochinenii dlia Fortepiano
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1947-48

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How Painful for Me (No.12)

For Trumpet and Piano

 Piano score, Trumpet part (B♭ or C)
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General Information

Work Title 12 романсов (12 romansov)
Alternative Title 12 Romances
Composer Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Opus/Catalogue Number Op.21
Movements/Sections 12
  1. Fate / Судьба (Sud′ba)
    Allegro moderato (C minor)
  2. By the Fresh Grave / Над свежей могилой (Nad svezhey mogiloy)
    Largo (E minor)
  3. Twilight / Сумерки (Sumerki)
    Lento (E minor)
  4. They Answered / Они отвечали (Oni otvechali)
    Allegro vivace (D♭ major)
  5. Lilacs / Сирень (Siren' )
    Allegretto (A♭ major)
  6. Fragment from Musset / Отрывок из А. Мюссе (Otryvok iz A. Myusse)
    Allegro non tanto (Invalid key)
  7. How Fair this Spot / Здесь хорошо (Zdes′ khorosho)
    Moderato (A major)
  8. On the Death of a Linnet / На смерть чижика (Na smert′ chizhika)
    Allegretto (C minor)
  9. Melody / Мелодия (Melodiya)
    Non Allegro (B♭ major)
  10. Before the Ikon / Пред иконой (Pred ikonoy)
    Adagio (E♭ major)
  11. No Prophet I / Я не пророк (Ya ne prorok)
    Moderato (E♭ major)
  12. How Painful for Me / Как мне больно (Kak mne bol′no)
    Allegro mosso (G minor)
Year/Date of Composition 1900–02
Librettist No.1 — Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
Nos.2 and 9 — Semyon Nadson (1862–1887)
No.3 — Ivan Tkhorzhevsky (1878–1951), after Jean-Marie Guyot (1854–1888)
No.4 — Lev Mey (1822–1862), after Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
No.5 — Yekaterina Beketova (1855–1892)
No.6 — Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893), after Alfred de Musset (1810–1857)
No.7 and 12 — "G. Galina" (= Glafira Eynerling, 1873–1942)
No.8 — Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
No.10 — ArsenyGolenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913)
No.11 — Alelksandr Kruglov (1853–1915)
Language Russian
Dedication No.1 — Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin (1873–1938)
No.3 — Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel' (1868–1913)
No.4 — Yelena Yuryevna Zhukovskaya (1875–1961)
No.5 — A. N. Strekalova
No.6 — Alexandra Andreyevna Liven (d.1914)
No.7 — "N"
No.8 — Olga Andreyevna Trubinkova (1877–1942)
No.9 — Nataliya Nikolayevna Lanting
No.10 — M. A.Ivanova
No.12 — Vladimir Alexandrovich Satin (1881–1944)
Average Duration 32 minutes
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voice + Piano
External Links The Lied and Art Song Texts Page


Misc. Comments

Version History

  • Composed for voice and piano, 1900 (No.1), 1902 (Nos.2 to 12)
  • No.5 was also arranged for solo piano by Rachmaninoff, 1913–14


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