A Russian Song Book Review

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(More customer reviews)I play several of the songs in this book on the Trumpet for my own enjoyment.It includes some very beautiful songs.My favorites are: The Light (Ogonek), for which somebody should write English lyrics and get recorded, the Song of Greeting, written by Dimitri Shostakovich, Stenka Razin (did he really have to drown the poor princess to win back the confidence of his band of brigands?), Dubinushka, a bitter revolutionary song; Podmoscovskaya vechera (Moscow Nights) which was recorded as a jazz piece and popularized in America by Kenny Ball, the maudlin Tyawmnaya Noch (Dark Night) as well as the ever popular Katiusha and Kalinka.

Pieces the book does not include, but that I wish it did:Proshanie Slavyanki (Farewell to Slavic Women), the best Russian march; and Dolinnuyo Dorogayu (popularized by Mary Hopkins as "Those were the Days."

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traditional folk songs, plus 19 songs written in the folk style by 20th-century composers such as Shostakovich, Knipper and Zakharov. Reprinted from authoritative Soviet editions, each of the songs appears with a vocal line, full piano accompaniment and guitar chords. The lyrics are shown in the original Cyrillic, in transliteration and in an English translation. Introduction. Discography.

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