12 Romances, Op.21 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 romances
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 (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For trumpet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 2 players (arr); For orchestra (arr)

Contents

Performances

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Accompaniments

 5. Lilacs (A♭ major)
#446727 - 2.38MB - 1:41 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1235×⇩ - MP3 - Free Pianist

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Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#576898 - 10.06MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/V - 1012×⇩ - Jdeperi

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Editor Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951)
Natalie Koussevitzky (1880–1942)
Language Russian / English

Rosa Newmarch (1857–1940), Edward Agate (1880–1940), English Text

Publisher. Info. Complete Songs for Voice and Piano (pp.79-125)
Moscow: Gutheil, 1922.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications Inc., 1998.
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 Complete Score
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⇒ 12 more: 1. Fate • 2. By the Fresh Grave • 3. Twilight • 4. They Answered • 5. Lilacs • 6. Fragment from Musset • 7. How Fair This Spot • 8. On the Death of a Linnet • 9. Melody • 10. Before the Icon • 11. No Prophet I • 12. How Painful for Me

 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
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Rakhmaninov: Romansi - Polnoe Sobrannie (pp.126-73)
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(1957). Plate M. 26012 Г.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Russian texts only.
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 5. Lilacs (A♭ major, original key)
#814660 - 5.66MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 131×⇩ - Keiten

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Language English, German
Translator Henry Grafton Chapman (1860–1913), English Text
Ekaterina Beketova (1855–1892), German Text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1910. Plate 22246.
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 1. Le Destin (middle voice) (D minor, transposed)
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Coulonnus (2012/3/23)

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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 5. Lilacs ("The Tryst" here) (A♭ major, original key)
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Carolus (2016/6/23)

 Color Cover
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Carolus (2016/6/23)

Language English / Russian
Translator Geraldine Farrar (1882–1967), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, No. V. 781, 1922. Plate 22592.
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 6. Fragment from Musset (E minor, transposed)
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 9. Melody (G major, transposed)
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 12. How Painful for Me (E minor, transposed)
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Editor Marina Gorodetskaya (b. 1938)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1986. Plate 13134.
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 5. Siren' (A♭ major, original key)
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 7. Zdes' horosho (A major, original key)
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Editor Juha Hakulinen
Language Russian / English transliteration
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano (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). Plate A. 9428, 9431, 9470 G.
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Twilight (No.3)

For Piano (Miyajima)

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Arranger Shumpei Miyajima (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Shumpei Miyajima, 2024.
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Lilacs (No.5)

For Piano (Rachmaninoff)

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Arranger Composer
Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Konstantin Igumnov (1873–1948)
Publisher. Info. Polnoe Sobrannie Sochinenii dlia Fortepiano
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1947-48.
Reprinted Unknown Western collection
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How Fair this Spot (No.7)

For Trumpet and Piano (Demchenko)

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 Trumpet (C)
#794220 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 664×⇩ - Trumpettune

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 Trumpet (B♭)
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Arranger Ivan Demchenko
Publisher. Info. Ivan Demchenko, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Original tonality
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For Piano (Miyajima)

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Arranger Shumpei Miyajima (b. 1959)
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For Piano (Piečaitis)

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Arranger Mindaugas Piečaitis (b. 1969)
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How Painful for Me (No.12)

For Salon Orchestra (Leonardi)

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#897049 - 9.46MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/38 - 23×⇩ - Aggelos

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Arranger Leonidas Leonardi (1901–1967)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 10334.
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Misc. Notes Piano score and parts (Violin Solo and cello). Ad lib. instruments: Harmonium, Violin obligato, Double Bass and Flute
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For Trumpet and Piano

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part (B♭ or C)
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Braille Scores

Lilacs (No.5)

For Piano (Rachmaninoff)

 Complete Score
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Feduol (2023/12/26)

Arranger Composer
Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Konstantin Igumnov (1873–1948)
Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2023.
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General Information

Work Title 12 Romances
Alternative. Title 12 романсов / 12 romansov
Name Translations Douze Romances op. 21
Composer Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.21
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ISR 53
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 romances:
  1. Судьба
    Sud′ba / Fate
  2. Над свежей могилой
    Nad svezhey mogiloy / By the Fresh Grave
  3. Сумерки
    Sumerki / Twilight
  4. Они отвечали
    Oni otvechali / They Answered
  5. Сирень
    Siren' / Lilacs
  6. Отрывок из А. Мюссе
    Otryvok iz A. Myusse / Fragment from Musset
  7. Здесь хорошо
    Zdes′ khorosho / How Fair this Spot
  8. На смерть чижика
    Na smert′ chizhika / On the Death of a Linnet
  9. Мелодия
    Melodiya / Melody
  10. Пред иконой
    Pred ikonoy / Before the Ikon
  11. Я не пророк
    Ya ne prorok / No Prophet I
  12. Как мне больно
    Kak mne bol′no / How Painful for Me
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1900–02
Librettist see below
1. Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
2, 9. Semyon Nadson (1862–1887)
3. Ivan Tkhorzhevsky (1878–1951), after Jean-Marie Guyau (1854–1888)
4. Lev Mey (1822–1862), after Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
5. Ekaterina Beketova (1855–1892)
6. Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893), after Alfred de Musset (1810–1857)
7, 12. Glafira Galina (1873–1942)
8. Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
10. Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913)
11. Alexander Kruglov (1852–1915)
Language Russian
Dedication see below
1. Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938)
3. Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel' (1868-1913)
4. Yelena Yuryevna Zhukovskaya (1875-1961)
5. A. N. Strekalova
6. Alexandra Andreyevna Liven (?-1914)
7. "N"
8. Olga Andreyevna Trubinkova (1877-1942)
9. Nataliya Nikolayevna Lanting
10. M. A. Ivanova
12. Vladimir Alexandrovich Satin (1881-1944)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 32 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
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