The text of the poem begins "Мой голос для тебя и ласковый и томный..", in English translation: "My voice for thee, my love, with languorous caresses, Disturbs the solemn peace the midnight dark possesses". The poem was also set by Anton Rubinstein.
Librettist | Alexander Pushkin |
Date of composition | 1864 (April the 10th, 1864. Revised in 1868) |
First published | 1871 |
Dedicated to | Dedicated to N. P. Opochinina |
Type | Song(s) |
Tonality | F-sharp Minor |
Approx. duration | 4 minutes |
Spoken language | Russian |
Instruments |
Voice
Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Modeste Moussorgski: Night en fa dièse mineur Modest Petrovič Musorgskij: Night in fa diesis minore Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgski: Night fis-moll |