Mussorgskij Complete Songs

YOUTHFUL YEARS, A VOCAL CYCLE
Where Are You, My Little Star?
Let Us Be Merry
The Leaves Rustled Sadly
I Have Many Towers and Gardens
Prayer
Tell Me Why, O Maiden Fair
What Are Words of Love to You?
The Winds Blow, the Gusty Winds
If Only I Could Meet Up with You Again
Oh, How Your Eyes Look at Me Sometimes
The Old Man's Song
King Saul, Saul's Song Before Battle
Night
Kalistratushka
The Outcast
Lullaby
The Song of Balearets
My Heart's Desire
Desire
Hopak
Many Have Grown from My Tears
Light of My Life, Savishna
Oh, You Drunk Good-for-nothing!
The Seminarian
Jewish Song
Chatting White-Sided Magpie
Gathering Mushrooms
A Little Feast
The Mischief-Maker
The Billy-Goat
The Classicist
Down Along the Don a Garden Blooms
The Orphan Boy
Lullaby for Eryomushka
A Little Song for Children
Evening Song
The Forgotten One
The Peanut Gallery
THE NURSERY, A VOCAL CYCLE
With My Nanny
In the Corner
The Beetle
Playing with a Doll
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
The Cat Sailor
At the Countryhouse
SUNLESS, A VOCAL CYCLE
In Four Walls
You Didn't Recognize Me in a Crowd
The Noisy, Busy Day is Over
Be Bored
Elegy
On the River
A Graveside Letter
The Misunderstood Girl
It Didn't Strike Like a Bolt from Heaven
The Soul Flew Quietly through the Celestial Skies
Arrogance
Oy, Is It Right for a Fellow to Spin Flax?
It Gathers and Disperses
A Vision
The Pilgrim
Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Tavern
On the Dnieper
SONGS AND DANCES OF DEATH
Lullaby
Serenade
Trepak
The Captain

Russischer Text in kyrillisch mit transliterierter Fassung.
Englische Übersetzung als Anhang zu Studienzwecken.

A major edition of 67 songs, all in the original keys, which covers a variety of voice types. Cyrillic and transliteration are included with each song, as are line by line English translations for study. Mussorgsky's rich imagination as a composer of song is not well-known. The style is unique, the music directly emotional. There are four complete song cycles in this edition. The first, “Youthful Years,” is an unconventional song grouping, not written for the same voice type, a “song cycle” that's more a convenience of collecting early work. It would better be viewed as 17 individual songs. The other three cycles are “The Nursery” (for mezzo-soprano), “Sunless” (for mezzo-soprano or baritone), and “Songs and Dances of Death” (mezzo-soprano or soprano). There are also 32 individual songs not in cycles. Mussorgsky wrote substantial revisions of 11 songs; both the original version and the second version are included for these.