The musical collection unites romances of four outstanding Russian composers of the end XIX — first half of XX-th century which were not published within many decades and for a long time became a rare book inaccessible to a wide range of readers. Contents:S. Taneev. Lyudi spyat. Slova A. Feta. Op. 17 No. 10S. Taneev. Rozhdenie arfy. Slova T. Mura. Iz cikla “Irlandskie melodii”. Perevod Ellisa. Op. 26 No. 1S. Taneev. Muzyka. Slova Sh. Bodlera. Perevod Ellisa. Op. 26 No. 4S. Taneev. Maska. Slova Ya. Polonskogo. Op. 34 No. 3A. Arenskiy. Poeziya. Slova S. NadsonaA. Arenskiy. Schast'e. Slova T. Shepkinoi-Kupernik. Op. 70 No. 1N. Metner. Ya vas lyubil. Slova A. Pushkina. Op. 32 No. 4N. Metner. Ispanskii romans. Slova A. Pushkina. Op. 36 No. 4N. Metner. Val's (“Davno l' pod volshebnye zvuki...”). Slova A. Feta. Op. 37 No. 4N. Metner. Nash vek. Slova F. Tyutcheva. Op. 45 No. 4A. Grechaninov. Cvety zla. Slova Sh. Bodlera. Perevod N.Z. Op. 48 1. Gimn. Hymne 2. Priglashenie k puteshestviyu 3. Ya lyublyu 4. Vechernyaya garmoniya 5. Smert'A. Grechaninov. Dramaticheskaya poema. Op. 51 1. Posvyashenie. Slova G. Geine. Perevod D. Minaeva 2. V mrachnoi kel'e zamknul ya. Slova Vl. Solov'eva. Perevod F. Fidlera 3. Lesom idu ya. Slova G. Geine. Perevod M. Mihailova 4. Na chuzhbine. Slova G. Geine. Perevod M. Mihailova 5. Po vecheram v chasy pechal'nyh grez. Slova G. Geine. Perevod V. Lihacheva 6. Nam suzhdeno stradat'. Slova G. Geine. Perevod P. Veinberga 7. Chto-to zdes' osirotelo. Slova Vl. Solov'eva. Perevod F. Fidlera