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"Korobeiniki" (Russian: Коробе́йники, romanized: Korobéyniki, IPA: [kərɐˈbʲejnʲɪkʲɪ], lit. 'The Peddlers') is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a korobeinik (peddler) and a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a metaphor for seduction .
"Tetris" is a song arranged by English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and English record producer Nigel Wright, collaborating under the pseudonym Doctor Spin. The composition is based on the theme to the 1989 Game Boy game Tetris , which itself is based on the Russian folk song " Korobeiniki ".
The beginning of the poem (its 24 lines) evolved into a well-known folk song of the same name, [2] which became widely known outside Russia as the "Tetris theme tune".. In 1910 a silent film Korobeiniki [] was released, based on the plot of the poem, directed by Vasily Goncharov.
Korobeiniki, nineteenth-century Russian folk song, best known outside Russia as the Tetris theme tune. Korobeiniki or Korobeyniki may also refer to: Plural for Korobeinik, historical Russian travelling peddler; Korobeiniki (poem), poem by Nekrasov base on which the song was created; Korobeiniki , 1910 silent film by the poem
In Atari's 1988 version of Tetris, Kalinka is featured as one of its theme songs; however, it is labelled "KARINKA" in the NES version. Since then, Kalinka has often been included in licensed Tetris games, alongside Korobeiniki and Troika, the former of which is now commonly known as "the Tetris theme". [6]
Video Games Live again performed GSO's Korobeiniki arrangement, under the title "Tetris Opera," at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre on June 8, 2011. [23] The show (VGL's 200th) was put on in partnership with the Electronic Entertainment Expo. [23] Spring 2012 marked the first semester in which the GSO performed outside of the University of Maryland.
There is a Russian folk song "Korobeiniki" based on the poem of the same name by Nikolay Nekrasov. In 1910 Vasily Goncharov made a 15 min. silent film [ ru ] based on the poem. References
Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov [a] (born April 16, 1955) [1] is a Russian and American computer engineer and video game designer. [2] He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (now the Russian Academy of Sciences). [3]