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"Petrouchka" is a song by French rapper Soso Maness in collaboration with PLK. The music is largely based on the Russian traditional folk song "Kalinka", a musical work by Russian composer Ivan Petrovitsj Larionov. The song reached number-one on the French Singles Charts and in Wallonia.
The refrain of the song refers to the kalinka, which is the snowball tree (Viburnum opulus). The song has a speedy tempo and light-hearted lyrics. The main refrain (Калинка, калинка, калинка моя!) increases in tempo each time it is sung. One of the best-known singers of this song was Evgeny Belyaev (1926–1994). [2]
Additionally, Kalinka became known primarily as an operatic song (performed as a musical joke, perhaps, but now has a life of its own) quite early on. My point is that there is more than one way of viewing this song, depending on where you come from. I suggest that it should be called a "song", not a "folk song" in the header, because "song ...
"Kalinka" is a song by the Danish dance-pop duo Infernal. It was released as the third single from their debut album, Infernal Affairs , in 1998. The song is based on the Russian Drobushki folk melody, and samples "Kalinka" by the Soviet Army Chorus & Band, directed by Boris Alexandrov and recorded in 1956 and 1963.
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"Kalinka" is a trivial song about a fruit tree, but it lends itself perfectly to this kind of operatic showing-off. Belyaev himself was already the recipient of popular acclaim after the 1956 London tour, and he had already been called "Mr Kalinka": the obvious natural successor to Nikitin.
Beviam! Nel vino cerchiam, The Song of the Volga Boatmen, Russian Song, Kalinka, from Boris Godunov: Hark, 'tis the knell of death, from Carmen: Toreador, Dear Soul, Ukrainian Folk Song, Midnight in Moscow, excerpts from May Night, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' from Porgy and Bess, Granada, USSR National Anthem.) [5]
He is mostly remembered for the famous song "Kalinka", which he wrote in 1860. [1] Larionov was born to a noble family in Perm, and studied music in Moscow. He died in Saratov in 1889, from stomach cancer. [1]