Angel

Po nebu polunochi angel letel,
  I tikhuju pesnju on pel;
I mesjac, i zvezdy, i tuchi tolpoj
  Vnimali toj pesne svjatoj.

On pel o blazhenstve bezgreshnykh dukhov
  Pod kushchami rajskikh sadov;
O boge velikom on pel, i khvala 
  Jego nepritvorna byla.

On dushu mladuju v ob"jatijakh njos
  Dlja mira pechali i sljoz;
I zvuk jego pesni v dushe molodoj
  Ostalsja -- bez slov, no zhivoj.

I dolgo na svete tomilas' ona,
  Zhelanijem chudnym polna,
I [zvukov]1 nebes zamenit' ne mogli
  Jej skuchnyje pesni zemli.

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Angel", published 1831

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Leslie Crabtree (1941-) , "Angel", 2009.
by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Po nebu polunochi angel letel", op. 114 no. 2.
by Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin (1860-1918) , "Angel", 1894. [mixed chorus a cappella]
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Angel"
by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Angel", op. 15 (Shest khorov (Six Choruses)) no. 6 (1895). [women's or children's chorus and piano]
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Po nebu polunochi", op. 40 no. 2 (1897).
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Angel", op. 48 (Dvenadcat' du`etov = Twelve duets) no. 1 (1852). [duet for alto and soprano with piano]
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Angel", op. 153 no. 2 (2007), published 2008 [voice and cello], from Odinokij strannik, no. 2.
by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801-1848) , "Angel", 1843.

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