Nuinye otpushchayeshi (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-23). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 89 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Words in Church Slavonic with transliteration underneath.
General Information
Title: Nuinye otpushchayeshi (Now let Your servant)
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred
Language: Church Slavonic
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1915
Description: Vsenoshchnoe bdenie (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37, no. 5. This was sung at Rachmaninoff's funeral, at his prior request. The text is also known as Nunc dimittis.
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Original text and translations
Church Slavonic text Ныне отпущаеши раба Твоего, |
English text Now let Your servant depart in peace, |