Mezh Vysokikh Khlebov Zateryalosya

"Меж высоких хлебов затерялося"
Song
English title Amid the Tall Grain Lost from Sight
Genre Folk
Writer Nikolay Nekrasov
Composer Nikolay Alexandrov
Language Russian
Performed by Lidia Ruslanova, Vadim Kozin, Ivan Skobtsov, etc.

"Mezh Vysokikh Khlebov Zateryalosya" (Russian: Меж высоких хлебов затерялося, lit. Amid the Tall Grain Lost from Sight) is a Russian song based on a poem by Nikolay Nekrasov.[1][2][3] In spite of its origin, the song is often regarded as a folk one, mainly due its incredible popularity.[4][5]

Synopsys

The song focuses on the rural funeral of a young man, a city-dweller who shot himself dead.[6]

The narrator, probably a peasant, begins his story with the mention of his own village. Later he describe the sequence of events: the death, police, the funeral… The village and the city are two different worlds. The peasants associate police, trials, money, and power with the opposite, "hostile space" of the city. However, they forgive the deceased.[7][8][9]

Commentary

Historical background

Nekrasov wrote his poem Pokhorony (Russian: Похороны, lit. The Funeral) between 22 and 25 June 1861, in Greshnevo.[10] It was first published in Sovremennik, 1861.[11]

In 1911, Nikolay Alexandrov set the poem to music.[11][12]

Performance

The song was popularized by some well-known Russian and Soviet singers, e.g. by Vadim Kozin,[13][14] by Ivan Skobtsov[15] and, in particular, by Lidia Ruslanova.[16][17][18][19]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Жанр и топика. К типологии смерти в жестоком романсе (на материале фольклора Тверской области)". Мортальность в литературе и культуре: Сборник научных трудов (in Russian). Moscow: Новое литературное обозрение. 2015. ISBN 978-5-4448-0407-0.
  2. ↑ Песни русских поэтов (конец XVIII - начало XX века) (in Russian). Leningrad: Художественная литература. 1973.
  3. ↑ Жданов, В.В. (1981). Жизнь Некрасова (in Russian). Moscow: Художественная литература.
  4. ↑ Ежегодник памятных музыкальных дат (in Russian). Moscow: Музыка. 1989.
  5. ↑ See an opinion of Anna Akhmatova: , . (Russian)
  6. ↑ Граудина, Л.К.; Кочеткова, А.Н. (2010). Русское слово в лирике XIX века (1840-1900): учебное пособие (in Russian). Флинта. ISBN 9785976508088.
  7. ↑ Дымова И.А. Фольклорная песня как источник… — p. 12
  8. ↑ Большая школьная энциклопедия (in Russian). Moscow. 2002. p. 303.
  9. ↑ Н. А. Некрасов и его время (межвузовский сборник) (in Russian) 3. Kaliningrad. 1977.
  10. ↑ Мельгунов, Б.В. (2007). Летопись жизни и творчества Н. А. Некрасова [в 3 томах] (in Russian) 2. Saint Petersburg: Наука. ISBN 9785020265127.
  11. 1 2 Н. А. Некрасов. Полное собрание сочинений и писем пятнадцати томах (in Russian). 2 (Стихотворения 1855-1866 гг.). Leningrad: Наука. 1981. p. 378.
  12. ↑ Some works by N. Alexandrov in the RSL catalogue. (Russian)
  13. ↑ "[Article]". Аврора (in Russian) (Saint Petersburg) (5-8). 1993.
  14. ↑ Савченко, Б.А. (1993). Опальный Орфей: Вадим Козин (in Russian). Moscow: Искусство. ISBN 5210021394.
  15. ↑ Пашкевич, А.А. (2000). Великая русская песня (in Russian). Moscow: Глобус.
  16. ↑ Савченко, Б.А. (1997). Московская эстрада в лицах (in Russian). Тандем.
  17. ↑ "Русланова Лидия Андреевна". Эстрада России. XX век. Энциклопедия (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. 2004. p. 588. ISBN 5-224-04462-6.
  18. ↑ Егорова, И.Л. (2015-11-15). "Русская песня в творчестве Ф.И. Шаляпина, Н.В. Плевицкой, Л.А. Руслановой". Современные проблемы науки и образования (in Russian) (2). doi:10.17513/spno.131-23906. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02.
  19. ↑ Певцы советской эстрады (in Russian). Moscow: Искусство. 1977.

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