Re: Russian Tango

[sophie solomon <sophiesolomon...>]

bol'shoe spasibo sofia...
I don't suppose you know if the piece was originally written with the words 
that are sung in the title sequence to the film, or if those came 
later...???
thanks
sophie

>From: "Sofia V. Shneider" <soph (at) ccn(dot)org(dot)ru>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Russian Tango
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:59:28 +0600
>
>sophie solomon wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > This isn't strictly a Jewish music enquiry...but I'm hoping that someone 
>can
> > help me to shed some light....
> > I'm trying to discover the origin of the tango,'Utomlyennie
> > Sol'ntsem',(Burnt by the Sun), that forms the theme music for Nikita
> > Mikhalkov's movie of the same name.  Does anyone know whether this is a
> > traditional song, or if it was written specifically for the movie?  I am
> > somewhat confused since an arrangement of the piece appears on Gidon
> > Kremer's Homage a Piazolla cd (HIGHLY recommended by the way....) which 
>is
> > credited to one Jerzy Peterbushsky....
> > Any pointers gratefully received!!
> > Sophie
>
>Dear Sophie,
>
>This tango was not written specifically for the movie, it's a tango of
>30's the first performer of which was a famous Russian singer Vadim
>Kozin. Also this tango has been performed by Joseph Kobzon (by the way
>he is a Jew). By the way, Constantine Vanshenkin, a Russian writer and
>Kobzon's friend, wrote that the name of Mikhalkov's movie sounds like in
>the kapustnik (a satirical show). It was in Vanshenkin's memoirs in
>Znamya magazine (unfortunately, I don't remember Znamya website now, but
>this magazine has a website. You can search in Russian systems Rambler
>or Yandex with a keyword Vanshenkin).
>
>Best regards,
>Sophia,
>Russia
>
>

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