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Dear traveller, you are distant...
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Poem by Anna Akhmatova, for chorus and orchestra, in Russian.
jazz classical instrumental vocal opera orchestra chamber ballet
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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 Opera
Charts
Peak #119
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
Anna Ahkmatova/Masaru Yonemitsu
Rights
adhikapokoya 2010
Uploaded
August 02, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 1.9 MB 128 kbps 2:05
Story behind the song
A rough translation of the poem into English follows:
Lyrics
Dear traveller, you are far, But I would speak with you. In the heavens flaming light Follows the dawn. My wayfarer, quickly to the right Direct your bright eyes: Here lives the clever dragon My master since ancient times. And in the dragon's cave There is no mercy, there is no law. A whip hangs on the wall, So that songs are never sung to me. The winged dragon torments To teach me humility, In order to forget proud laughter And to become the best. Dear traveller, to a distant city Bear my words, To make heavier the heart of The one by whom I still live. (1921)
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