Berceuses du chat

The Berceuses du chat (Russian: Kolibelniye, English: Cat Lullabies) is a cycle of four songs for contralto and three clarinetists composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1915. The work is usually referred to by its French title. Although it is usually sung in Russian, Stravinsky assisted his friend, the Swiss author C.F. Ramuz, to make a translation into French at the time of publication. The titles of the four songs are: 1. * Spi, kot (Sleep, Tom-Cat) 2. * Kot na pechi (The Tom-Cat on the Stove) 3. * Bay-Bay (Lullaby) 4. * U kota, kota (O Tom-Cat, Tom-Cat)

Berceuses du chat

The Berceuses du chat (Russian: Kolibelniye, English: Cat Lullabies) is a cycle of four songs for contralto and three clarinetists composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1915. The work is usually referred to by its French title. Although it is usually sung in Russian, Stravinsky assisted his friend, the Swiss author C.F. Ramuz, to make a translation into French at the time of publication. The titles of the four songs are: 1. * Spi, kot (Sleep, Tom-Cat) 2. * Kot na pechi (The Tom-Cat on the Stove) 3. * Bay-Bay (Lullaby) 4. * U kota, kota (O Tom-Cat, Tom-Cat)