Re: Russian Tango

[Sofia V. Shneider <soph...>]

sophie solomon wrote:
> 
> 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

This piece's words were original.
Best regards,
Sophia

> >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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