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| (o): | G.A. Kazachenko (1903) | label: Zonophone |
| | Leader of Choir and Orchestra in St.Petersburg. Title means: Hey, Come On! Worksong of the boatmen (Burlaks) along the Volga river, dramatically depicted by painter Ilya Repin in 1873. First collected in 1866 by Mily Balakirev, leader of 'The Five', a handful of composers from St. Petersburg, trying to keep Russian art clean from European influences. The other four were César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin, who adapted the melody for piano (1870s). |
| (c): | Alexander Glazunov (1905) [part of his 6th Symphony], Alexander Siloti (1917) [for Gramophone; pianist, conductor, composer, agent and Rachmaninoff's cousin], Igor Stravinsky (1917) [own version; considered to become the new hymn in a new Russia], Fjodor Koeneman (1922) , Fiodor Chaliapin (1922) [arrangement for bass and bariton following Koeneman's but crediting himself], Manuel De Falla (1922) [as Canto De Los Remeros Del Volga, as a tribute to all Russians in exile], Russian Imperial Art Quartet (1924) [as Song Of The Volga Boatmen on Berliner], Cincinnati Symphony Orch. (1925) [idem, conducted by Stravinsky], Walt Disney (1930) [in Mickey Mouse film The Chain Gang], Freddie Rich (1938) [idem], Glenn Miller (1938) [idem in film Balalaika; n°1 US in '41], Nelson Eddy (1939) , Charlie Barnet (1941) , Paul Robeson (1959) [all as Song Of The Volga Boatmen], Leningrad Cowboys (1994) [as Volga Boatmen], |
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