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                      Innokentiy Annensky - poems                 Marina Romanova  - music

                Иннокентий Анненский - стихи          Марина Романова - музыка

Innokentiy Annensky (1855-1909)  is a prominent Russian poet, representative of the first wave of Russian Symbolism. He influenced to a number of well-known poets: Akhmatova, Gumilyov, Mandelshtam. Anna Akhmatova graduated from the gymnasium in Tsarskoe Selo where Annensky taught classical languages and ancient literature studies. She called Annensky "my only teacher," as did Nikolai Gumilev, who called him "the last of Tsarskoe Selo's swans."

The Spring Romance                Russian: Весенний Романс                                     И. Анненский,  М. Романова 
Annushka                                  Russian:  Аннушка (Мать Говорит)        Г. Мюллер/И. Анненский,  М. Романова
Kek-uok on Cymbals                Russian: Кэк-уок на Цимбалах                              И. Анненский,  М. Романова
I thought that the Heart            Russian  Я думал, что сердце из камня               И. Анненский,  М. Романова
Vanka Key-men in Prizon         Russian: Ванька-Ключник в Тюрьме                   И. Анненский, М. Романова
On the Road                              Russian: В Дороге                                                      И. Анненский,  М. Романова
The Autumnal Romance           Russian: Осенний Романс                                       И. Анненский,  М. Романова
The Winter Romance               Russian: Зимний Романс                                          И. Анненский,  М. Романова

Songs were mainly created in 1978-1982 while I've been a graduate student of Moscow University. Students in physics/astronomy departments liked to read literature and poetry. I did not write these songs, they appeared by themself - Annensky's poetry is almost music already.

Note: A minor planet 3724 Annenskij, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1979 is named after Annensky.