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The Mermaid, by Lermontov
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Lermontov's, 'The Mermaid,' for Chorus, (SATB), and piano. Written score is in original Russian.
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Composer for large-scale performance work, ballet and opera. Have written music for classical theatrical productions of Shakespeare, ("The Tempest," "The Twelft
Loren Lieberman is a native of Denver, Colorado, now living on the West Coast in California, where he is best known for his work as an actor in Classical and Shakespearean Theatre. He has a degree from Sonoma State University in Theatre Arts, and has been an Honor's Music Composition Student at the College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, and at Sonoma State University. He has won an award for composition from the Redwood Empire Music Association. He has recently completed an opera in Russian, based on the novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, "Cancer Ward", (and of the same name), and is currently working on his fourth opera, based on the Classical Tragedy by Sophocles, "Oedipus the King," with a libretto in Ancient Greek. His interest in languages has shaped much of his artistic temperment, and he is self taught in Russian and Sanskrit, and has hopes to begin his next opera, Shakespeare's, "Romeo and Juliet," in Hindi.
Song Info
Genre
Classical • Choral
Charts
Peak #100
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
Masaru Yonemitsu (Loren Lieberman)
Rights
2008
Uploaded
October 02, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 4:36
Story behind the song
The score, and extracted parts, with phrase and dynamic markings, may be purchased by using the following link: If you are interested in obtaining the sheet music, or an audio MP3 file, please contact me at adhikapokoya@gmail.com
Lyrics
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov The Mermaid 1 The mermaid swam the blue river, Lit by the full moon; Trying to swim up to the moon On the silvery wave of foam. 2 Rustling and turning The reflection of the clouds in the river ; The mermaid sang, and her words Flew up the steep coast. 3 Sang the mermaid: " At the bottom, where I live, Plays glimmering day; There herds of small golden fishes flock; The cities are crystal there; 4 And there on a pillow of bright sand Under a shadow of dense reeds A hero, prey of a jealous wave, sleeps, The hero of a foreign land... 5 We love to comb the rings of silk curls In the dark of the night, The brow and lips of this handsome man In the hour of midday We have kissed several times; 6 But to passionate embraces, I do not know why, He remains cold, He sleeps, - and leaning on my breast, Does not breathe, does not whisper in dreams ". 7 So sang the mermaid above the blue river Not fully understanding her sadness, Or the noisy spinning fluctuations Of the clouds reflected in the river. 1831 (Translation by the composer)
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