Twenty classic Soviet songs: "Katyusha", "Hawthorn Tree", "Troika", "Evening in the Suburbs of Moscow", "Cranberry Flowers Blooming", "Troika" ", "The Path", "The Song of the Volga Boatmen", "The Textile Girl", "The Fields Are Quiet", "Who Knows Him", "Light", "Far Away", "Song of Maryknoll", "The Cossacks" "Song", "Kalinka", "Don't Blame Me, Mom", "Let's Raise a Glass", "Happy Bird", "Song of *** Youth League Members", "Beautiful Garden Flowers in Spring".
Song introduction
1. The song "Evening on the outskirts of Moscow" has become popular all over the world and has become the longest-lasting Soviet song. Now the connotation of the song has been greatly extended in the process of singing: it is no longer a simple love song, nor is it just a song about the night scene in the suburbs of Moscow. It has been integrated into the Russian (then Soviet Union) people's love for their motherland, their relatives and friends, and their love for everything. The love of beautiful things.
2. The song "Katyusha" depicts the beautiful scenery of the former Soviet Union when spring returns to the land and the longing of a girl named Katyusha for her lover who left her hometown to defend the frontier. This love song is not as euphemistic and lingering as ordinary love songs. Instead, it has a bright and concise rhythm and a simple and smooth melody. Therefore, it has been widely sung and very popular over the years.
3. "Cranberry Blossoms"
This song, which expresses a girl's longing for her sweetheart, was introduced to our country in the 1950s and 1960s and is still popular today. It is not only the collective youth memory of many Chinese people over 60 years old, but also the hazy imagination of many Chinese people about Russian spring.
4. "Three Sets of Carts" At that time, Russia was sparsely populated and the transportation was inconvenient. Carriage became an important means of transportation for people, and the life of the coachman was also particularly wandering. In the song "Tree Carts", the coachman sings a sad and desolate melody as he travels a lonely long distance.
5. Although "Little Road" contains sad emotions, what is hidden behind the sadness is a brave spirit. In the difficult years when the entire Russian nation faced life and death, it once inspired the great Soviet people. With the heroic spirit of fighting their enemies to the end, a generation of young Red Army soldiers resisted the lightning attack of German fascists with their flesh and blood, and finally won the war.
6. "Volga Boatmen's Song" is a masterpiece among Russian folk songs. Its content shows the labor scene of boatmen pulling fibers with heavy steps. The tone of the work is deep and strong, showing a certain spirit of resistance.
7. The love song "Hawthorn Tree" is rich in Ural style and describes the production life and love of factory youth. It has a melodious melody and beautiful artistic conception. Many people once mistakenly thought it was a Russian folk song, but it was not. When "Hawthorn Tree" was introduced to China in the 1950s, it was immediately widely sung.
8. "Textile Girl" is quiet and beautiful, and was very popular in China in the 1950s.
9. "Quiet in the Fields" is a typical Russian-style folk song. Like other Russian folk songs, it uses undulating and delicate musical score lines composed of natural minor modes to reflect the simple and sincere emotions of Russian farmers. A young shepherd's depressed mood after falling out of love.
10. "Who Knows Him" ??is a Russian folk song written by Isakovsky and composed by Chakharov. Chakharov was born into the family of a mine director in the Donbas mining area. Graduated from the Rostov Conservatory of Music in 1927 and joined the Red Army from 1927 to 1928. From 1932 until his death, he was the artistic director of the Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Chorus. "Little Road" is also his work.
11. "Lighting" is fresh and simple, with plain and fluent language and a strong folk song flavor. It is not only a symbol of love, peace, and happiness, but it also connects the front line and the rear - the "light" of the rear that always shines and warms the hearts of the foreword soldiers until the final victory.
12. "Distant Place" Regarding the creative background of this song, Mr. Xue Fan introduced it as follows in "The Romance of Love": "The Second World War ended in 1945. "In a Distant Place" was written in 1947. It writes about the love of soldiers who have not completely eliminated the shadow of war in their hearts even though the artillery fire has stopped."
13. "Song of Maryknoll".
Interlude from the Soviet film "Dragonfly Girl". This song was sung by Marino while she was wandering in the fields. The tune is smooth and lively, especially in the chorus.
14. "Song of the Cossacks" is a very old song that will be familiar to domestic audiences. This is one of the Soviet songs that Chinese people like. This song is an interlude from the 1932 Soviet opera "New Land".
15. "Kalinka"
A famous Russian folk song, most famous for its chorus form. "Kalinka" means "snowball flower" in Russian and is used to describe the beauty of a girl. So the content of the song is nothing more than talking about love, and the melody of this song is simpler than the lyrics, but it is an amazing creation because of its unique chorus form.
16. "Don't Blame Me, Mom" ??Razoronov spent a whole night writing the lyrics of "Don't Blame Me, Mom" ??and asked theater colleagues to compose the music. A popular song was born. In the performance, the heroine's persistent pursuit of love and passionate feelings deeply moved the audience.
The interlude left a lasting impression on listeners, and the song has since spread like wildfire.
17. The original text of "We Raise a Glass" has ten paragraphs. The toasts are made to the motherland, the people, the Communist Party, Stalin, the army, the navy, the Guards, etc., all the way to those around us. Relatives and friends, from the front lines to the home front.
18. "Happy Bird" is the theme song of the documentary "Sports, You Are Peace" shot in 1981 to reflect the grand events of the Moscow Olympic Games. It is another famous song born as a result of the Olympic Games. . Due to the isolation of cultural exchanges between China and the Soviet Union for many years, this beautiful and cheerful song was not introduced to our country until the late 1980s, but it has had little impact and few people are familiar with it!
19. "Song of the Communist Youth League" is the song of the Leninist Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union. It was composed by Galich and Sedoy in 1947. This song is an episode of the drama "The Beginning of the Road" and is also one of the most familiar Soviet songs to Chinese people.
20. "The Garden Flowers Are Beautiful in Spring" is a song from the former Soviet Union that expresses pure love. This song has a cheerful and smooth tone. It was very popular in our country in the 1960s and was popular among young friends at that time. Liked. This song was included in "200 Foreign Songs" published in the 1960s.