COMPOSER'S NOTE

brmers, of the original

I have given here a phonetic transcription for English speaking
Russian popular poems set to music by me in 1918-19, and publis I for Voice and Piano
in 1920.
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The Four Songs comprise Nos. I and q from Quatre Chants Russes, and Nos. I and 2
from Trois Histoires pour Enfants.
The sound of the syllables of this old Russian poetry is closely connected with the music
I composed to it. To the musician's ear, the right pronunciation of the syllables is much
more explicit than the best translation, which is unavoidably different from the sound of the
original pattern.
t
This led me to work out a figurative sound pattern based on dnglish phonetic sounds, for
which I have established the following key :
as in "father"
"a" in between "hat" and "hut"
as in "cafe"'
,, "debt"
UT3)
1
"idol"
6, ;
,, "keep"
, 5 9 9

6Ct"

"ds"
u

"h"
L

,It"

Y,

<6Y9

CcSit9s
Uor3?

<&i'i99

9,

66-9)

(6

'ti"

"1"
"11"

99

9)

Moo) 9

"ya"

9,

,,
,,
,,

Mye"

,,

"yea"

,,

C6;*

"not"
"~00"

Uts*,

"yard"

66

"gcast"

as in "Rudyard" but slightly

softer
strongly aspirated, as the German
"ich" or the Scottish "loch"
as "su" in pleasure
front "1" as in "life"
back "1" as in "all"
as in "canzn" or the Spanish

z9,

(6 S9 9

as in "Tsetse fly"
as "tu" in "culture"
as in "zebra"
always sharp as in "sit"

FOUR RUSSIAN SONGS

for Voice, Flute, Harp and Guitar

I THE DRAKE

Phonetlo Russian text

by the oomposer
English translation by
ROBERT CRAFT

IGOR STRAWINSKY
rlQ18.instr. 1.963

FLUTE

3UITAR
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written

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.B.These songs are published w i t h piano accompaniment a s No.1 and 4 of Quatre Chants Rnsses,with Russian and French words.

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6 ,
& 1
6 ,
with your duck, dear maba go
s

pas-ma-tri, st5 - 16 - z4iT (Ms6

and utabpurduotp8, go and ca'ich

Ti-

oo - too-shM tvii up with her, go

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p, M-s6 so- myo - ro oo - tsey.

cafch her o n votr nice v o w duck.

oot -koo,
go home,

Ma - lla- doy, da - ga- %y oot- koo.

you've got . se ven duck-li5gsat home

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Pa - d@and
your

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drake

ni ryatsfrom m<ad - ows

pizz.

P
to

pa-lyam,
bur-rgws.

Pafrom

pizz.

na - ryiim,bur- ro'ws

la
then

from

11 A RUSSIAN SPIRITUAL
IOOR STRAWINSKY

Phonetio Russian text

by the composer
English translation by

1919,instr.1964

ROBERT CRAFT

FLUTE

GUITAR

w.

.
I

-4

closed are

myways,

my mays to

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Nye- l z p pri
- tsi i pra - ye - ha - tsi
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K'rl- dsito

.my

gss-na - moo.
in Hoa - ren-1n

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dsi mH- v i
t o His King-dom

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ters and

oo BCtyou-shki
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my bro

Fsye
d

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to

His

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To

sllii - va,
g l o - ry,

goo
the

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glo

I
to-

va,

ry

ssoo

ssoo
Christ

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to

firis- too
the om

dsyer
ni

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Ood

sUZ
glo

jii
po

va,
tence,

va
'9,

vye- ki vye- kof

me- eer a d ev

vii
for

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thanks

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Lord. to Thee.

111 GEESE AND SWANS

*,

Phonetio Russian text

by the composer
English translation by

IQOR STRAWINSKY

ROBERT CRAFT

1917, instr.1964

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SOPRANO

FLUTE

\-v

Y/

I
T

L - w

HARP

GUITAR
rounds an
oatam lower

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semvre sim.

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Pri
the

ba

oosh - ma - ri
louse bathed his

thing

- sya.
daugh-ter.
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pad
der

hv&
,,tho

mat

marc.
>

4;:
4

By? - lla
p i - da
Look, white worms un

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1
I

I
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Sye - ra bll5 - shka

pad-ska
B$ the flea flee-ingbroke her

chi - lla, N6-shkoo pad - lla

I , no won- der that the

mi
bugs

Ila,
all

F'p'e- rid -

said:
F

on

sub-

Dieu, I've had

cn - ough of

thing."

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Duration
0' 31"

IV TILIM- BOM
I

Phonetio Russian text

by the composer
Enalish translation by

IQOR STRAWINSKY
1915, instr. 1964

HARP

GUITAR
sounds an
octave lower
reaomman&ed t o use plectrum

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Em&gat_s lyzu - dsep za- vyot,

Kb - tik f7ko-11s - koll zvLnit,

Pus- sy on the bell rope string

Calls for wa - ter, G i l on *a;l,

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Nli, pa- jZr byo And with might a d

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Ti lim- bom,

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Bp-jit Boo-ri - tsas'vyedrom, ZL - li-vats k 6 - z i y dom,

z
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s a buck- et- brings,~omeaa-te; quick-ly flings, Wi t h her

n~ -you pye-too-shok,
fo -l& M~S-ter
Cock,

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frem.

B - r i - d8-yw~ufsye trya-soot,
jostling, shring, Nebr was seen so
a crowd.
vi- pocwhi-li,-

pi- ma-gats kii

Hark!tho firo-bell

- zyo- bpgoot,
L4r,
ring-ing loud.

Ti - lim- born,

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P i - yout grom-kim
And the song they

ga - Ila- skom:
sing
runs so:
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Ti- lim-born,
Ti- lim- born,

ti - lim- bom,
Ti- lim-boom,

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PS-too- shi - li
k6 - riy dom.
Moth-er h a t m'vo saved yo* home!

Duration
0' 5 8"