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The Three Russian Songs, Op. 41 (Trois Chansons Russes; Tri Russkie Pesni) for chorus and orchestra (also seen as Three Russian Folk Songs) were written by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1926. It is the last of Rachmaninoff's three works for chorus and orchestra, the others being the cantata Spring , Op. 20 (1902), and the choral symphony The Bells ...
Authentic Russian folk music is primarily vocal. Russian folk song was an integral part of daily village life. It was sung from morning to night, and reflected the four seasons and significant events in villagers' lives. Its roots are in the Orthodox church services where significant parts are sung.
The "Song of the Volga Boatmen" (known in Russian as Эй, ухнем! [Ey, ukhnyem!, "Yo, heave-ho!"], after the refrain) is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his book of folk songs in 1866. [1] It was sung by burlaks, or barge-haulers, on the Volga River. Balakirev published it with only one ...
Vasily Fyodorovich Trutovsky (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Трутовский) (c. 1740 – c. 1810) was a Russian folk-song collector, gusli player, and composer, in the Russian Empire. He compiled and published the earliest printed collection of Russian folk-music.
The Oath to the People's Commissar for bass, chorus and piano (1941) Songs of a Guard's Division ("The Fearless Regiments Are On the Move"), marching song for bass and mixed chorus with simple accompaniment for bayan or piano (1941) Russian Folk Songs for chorus (1943) Three Russian Folk Songs for two soloists and chorus with piano ...
Op. 11: Eight Merry Songs after V. Kataev, for voice and piano (1929–1930) Op. 16: Three Songs after E. Musam, A. Sharov and A. Surkov, for low voice and piano (1931–1932) Op. 17: Eight Songs after O. Vissotskaya, A. Prishelts and A. Barto, for children's chorus and piano (1932) Op. 32: Two Songs after A. Bezemenski and N. Vladimirski, for ...
The poem itself was probably developed by Delvig during the summer of 1825 from the words to a folk-song melody, as were many of the poems in his Russian Melodies. [2] Alyabyev did not know Baron Delvig, so probably encountered the poem as printed as "Russian Melody No. 6" in the second volume of Delvig's and Pushkin 's almanac Northern Flowers ...
Rimsky-Korsakov took this theme from No. 18 of Balakirev's collection of folk songs, published in 1866. He puts this song through thematic metamorphosis, again in a Lisztian manner, changing its character and style as the piece progresses. Another potential influence was the Fantasie russe in B minor for piano and orchestra by Eduard Nápravník.