12 Songs without Opus (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

		Movements/Sections 12 Composition Year 1890–1915 Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; Russian language

Sheet Music

• Scores (12)

Scores

 At the Gates of the Holy Abode (1890)
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 I Shall Tell You Nothing (1890)
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 Again You Leapt, My Heart (1890?)
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 C'était en avril (1891)
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 Twilight has Fallen (1891)
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 Song of the Disillusioned (1893?)
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 The Flower Has Faded (1893?)
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 Do You Remember the Evening? (1893?)
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 Were You Hiccoughing (1899)
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 Night (1900)
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 Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky (1908)
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 From the Gospel of St. John (1915)
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Editor:

Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Zarui Apetovna Apetian

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Russian texts only

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General Information

Work Title	Songs without Opus
Alternative Title

Composer	Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Opus/Catalogue Number	TN ii/50 to TN ii/57
Movements/Sections	12
Year/Date of Composition	1890–1915
First Publication	1947
Librettist	Various: Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) Afanasy Fet (1820–1892) Nikolay Grekov (1810–1866) Veronika Tushnova, after Edouard Pailleron (1834–1899) Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875) Danil Rathaus (1869–1937) Danil Rathaus (1869–1937) Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875) Pyotr Vyazensky (1792–1878) Danil Rathaus (1869–1937) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) The Bible (John, xv:13)
Language	Russian
Dedication	Mikhail Slonov (1868–1930) — No.1 only
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voice + Piano

Misc. Comments

Section Listing

1. At the Gates of the Holy Abode / У врат обители святой (U vrat obiteli svyatoy)
   Andante (G minor)
2. I Shall Tell You Nothing / Я тебе ничего не скажу (Ya tebe nichego ne skazhu)
   Allegro (C minor)
3. Again You Leapt, my Heart / Опять встрепенулось ты, сердце (Opyat′ vstrepenulos′ ty, serdtse)
   [Andante sostenuto] (G minor)
4. C'était en avril / Апрель! Вешний праздничный день (Aprel! Veshniy prazdnichiy den)
   [Moderato] (E♭ major)
5. Twilight has Fallen / Смеркалось (Smerkalos)
   [Moderato] (G major)
6. Song of the Disillusioned / Песня разочарованного (Pesnya razocharovannogo)
   [Andante] (F minor)
7. The Flower has Faded / Увял цветок (Uvyal tsvetok)
   [Andante] (A minor)
8. Do You Remember the Evening? / Ты помнишь ли вечер (Ty pomnish′ li vecher)
   [Moderato] (E major)
9. Were You Hiccoughing? / Икалось ли тебе? (Ikalos' li tebe?)
   Quickly (F major)
10. Night / Ночь (Noch' )
    Largo (A minor)
11. Letter to K. S. Stanislavsky / Письмо К. С. Станиславскому (Pis'mo K. S. Stanislavskomu)
    Quite Slowly (E♭ major)
12. From the Gospel of St John / Из Евангелия от Иоанна (Iz evangeliya ot Ioanna)
    Quite Slowly (A minor)

Version History

• Nos.1 and 2 were composed in 1890 (catalogue number: TN ii/50)
• No.3 was composed c.1890 (TN ii/51)
• Nos.4 and 5 were composed in 1891 (TN ii/52)
• Nos.6 to 8 were composed c.1893 (TN ii/53)
• No.9 was composed in 1899 (TN ii/54)
• No.10 was composed in 1900 (TN ii/55)
• No.11 was composed in 1908 (TN ii/56)
• No.12 was composed in 1915 (TN ii/57)

External Links

• The Lied and Art Song Texts Page:
  • 1. At the Gates of the Holy Abode
  • 2. I Shall Tell You Nothing
  • 5. Twilight Has Fallen
  • 6. Song of the Disillusioned
  • 8. Do You Remember the Evening?
  • 9. Were You Hiccoughing?
  • 10. Night
  • 11. Letter to K. S. Stanislavsky
  • 12. From the Gospel of St John

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Vocal Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Operas	Aleko (1892) Francesca da Rimini, Op.25 (1900–05) The Miserly Knight, Op.24 (1903–05)	Esmerelda (1888, incomplete) Monna Vanna (1906–08, incomplete)
Solo Songs and Romances	6 Romances, Op.4 (1890–93) 6 Romances, Op.8 (1893) 12 Romances, Op.14 (1894–96) 12 Romances, Op.21 (1900–02)	15 Romances, Op.26 (1906) 14 Romances, Op.34 (1912) 6 Romances, Op.38 (1916) Songs without Opus
Choral	6 Choruses, Op.15 (1895–96) Spring, Op.20 (1902) Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op.31 (1910)	The Bells, Op.35 (1913) Vespers, Op.37 (1915) 3 Russian Songs, Op.41 (1926)