Uniform title | Songs. Selections |
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Six songs, op. 4. Oh stay, my love, forsake me not! ; Morning (I love thee well!) ; In the silent night (When silent night doth hold me) ; Oh, never sing to me again ; The harvest of sorrow (Thou, my field) ; So many hours, so many fancies -- Six songs, op. 8. The water lily (From reeds on the river) ; Like blossom dew, freshen'd to gladness ; Brooding (The days in turn pass all too soon) ; The soldier's wife (For a life of pain I have giv'n my love) ; A dream (My native land I once enjoyed) ; A prayer (Oh Lord of grace!) -- Twelve songs, p. 14. I wait for thee ; The little island (A little island set in sea) ; How few the joys ; I came to her ; Midsummer nights (Oh these midsummer nights) ; The world would see thee smile ; Believe it not ; O, do not grieve for me! ; As fair as day in blaze of noon ; Love's flame (Within my soul) ; Spring waters (Tho' still the fields are white with snow) ; Tis time. |
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Twelve songs, op. 21. Fate (With pilgrim's staff, with weary gait) ; By the grave (In the gloom of night) ; Twilight (Alone and lost in dreams) ; The answer (They wonder'd a while) ; The lilacs (At the red of dawn) ; Loneliness (Oh! heart of mine) ; How fair this spot ; On the death of a linnet (My linnet lies within his grave) ; Melody (On slumber-laden wings) ; Before the image (She stood by the image) ; No prophet I ; Sorrow in springtime (How? my heart aches) -- Fifteen songs, op. 26. The heart's secret (Within the heart) ; All once I gladly owned ; Come, let us rest! ; Two partings (Two lovers hadst thou) ; Beloved, let us fly ; Christ is risen ; To the children (How often at midnight) ; Thy pity I implore ; Let me rest here alone! (Spring is come) ; Before my window ; The fountains (Oh mark how high the fountains play) ; Night is mournful ; When yesterday we met ; The ring (Here the tapers I hold) ; All things depart. |
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Fourteen songs, op. 34. The muse (From childhood's early days) ; The soul's concealment (The soul at all times would conceal) ; The storm (I saw the maid on rocky strand) ; Day to night comparing went the wind her way ; Arion (Full many souls the vessel held) ; The raising of Lazarus (Oh Lord of Heaven!) ; So dread a fate I'll ne'er believe ; Music (How it flows) ; The poet (You knew him well) ; The morn of life (The hour I mind thee) ; With holy banner firmly held ; What wealth of rapture ; Discord (What if fate should decree) ; Vocalise -- Six songs, op. 38. In my garden at night ; To her (Grasses dew-pearl'd so tearfully) ; Daisies (Behold, my friend, the daisies sweet) ; The pied piper (On my flute, when ev'ning darkens) ; Dreams (Say, oh whither art bound) ; A-oo (The quest) (Was it a dream?). |
General note | Texts from various sources. |
General note | "This Dover edition, first published in 1998, is an unabridged republication of S. Rachmaninoff, Songs with piano accompaniment, originally published together as volume I (36 songs) and volume II (35 songs) by A. Gutheil (S. and N. Koussewitzky), Moscow, n.d. [1922]"--t.p. verso. |
General note | Includes list of poets and grouping of songs by vocal range; editorial notes on p. [4] of cover. |
Language | Russian words with English translation; French and German translation for op. 34, no. 13; English, French and German translation for op. 38. |
LCCN | 99386118 |
ISBN | 0486401952 |