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Original

The Bacchic Song. Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Choir sheet music.

Translation

The Bacchic Song. Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Choir sheet music.

Original

The Bacchic Song. Vakh'hicheskaya pesnia. Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. 1844-1908. For TTBB choir. Choral octavo. Language. Russian. Published by Musica Russica. MR.PS-023MC. With Language. Russian. A drinking song in the form of a fugue. You bet. This surprising piece, based on a "libertine" poem by the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, is a rollicking contrapuntal romp, praising not only Bacchus and lovely women, but also the preeminence of "reason" and "enlightenment.

Translation

The Bacchic Song. Vakh'hicheskaya pesnia. Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. 1844-1908. For TTBB choir. Choral octavo. Language. Russian. Published by Musica Russica. MR.PS-023MC. With Language. Russian. A drinking song in the form of a fugue. You bet. This surprising piece, based on a "libertine" poem by the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, is a rollicking contrapuntal romp, praising not only Bacchus and lovely women, but also the preeminence of "reason" and "enlightenment.