Vdol po Piterskoy
| "Вдоль по Питерской" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Language | Russian |
| English title | "Vdol po Piterskoy" |
| Genre | Folk |
| Songwriter(s) | Feodor Chaliapin |
"Vdol po Piterskoy" (Russian: Вдоль по Питерской, lit. "Down the Piterskaya Road") is a song created by Russian singer Feodor Chaliapin based on Russian folk songs.
Historical background
Shalyapin created the song by combining three folk songs. It consists of two melodically distinct parts. The firs one combines yamshchik's song «Вдоль по Питерской»:
- Как по Питерской, по дороженьке
- По Тверской-Ямской, по Коломенской...
and the folk dance song «Во пиру была». The second, fast-paced part is based on the dance chastushkas of Volga Region «Кумушка».[1]
Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a Russian journalist and writer, devoted a chapter of his book Moscow and Muscovites to the song.[2]
Later that expression became a catchphrase meaning “to do something in plain sight” (to ride, to fly, etc.). Nikolai Dobronravov, a Russian poet, used the phrase in his song "You know what a guy he was" dedicated to Yuri Gagarin.[3]
In fact, there was no such Piterskaya Street; It was a colloquial reference to the Tverskaya-Yamskaya street ("Tverskaya yam road"), now Tverskaya Street
Settings and performance
Some works of such composers as Tchaikovsky[4] or Stravinsky[5] contain themes based on «Vdol po Piterskoy».
The song was further popularized by the Alexandrov Ensemble.[6][7] It also appeared in the repertoires of Yuri Gulyayev,[8] Leonid Kharitonov, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,[9] Sergei Lemeshev,[10] Vladimir Matorin,[11] and Muslim Magomayev.[12]
References
- ^ Егорова И.Л., "О ФОЛЬКЛОРНЫХ ИСТОКАХ ПЕСНИ «ВДОЛЬ ПО ПИТЕРСКОЙ» ИЗ РЕПЕРТУАРА Ф.И. ШАЛЯПИНА", Современные проблемы науки и образования, no. 2, part 1, 2015
- ^ "Загадки "летучего корреспондента"" (in Russian). Голос России. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ Шулежкова, С. (2011). И жизнь, и слёзы, и любовь… (in Russian). Москва: ФЛИНТА: Наука. p. 81. ISBN 978-5-02-037720-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Природа (in Russian). Наука. 1984.
- ^ Вершинина, И. Я. (1967). Ранние балеты Стравинского (in Russian). М.: Наука.
- ^ Кузнецова, Татьяна (19 September 2005). "Эстрадное разоружение" (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Жар-птицы стаями не летают" (in Russian). Российская газета. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Мода проходит, Хиль остается" (in Russian). Московский комсомолец. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "ХВОРОСТОВСКИЙ — ПЕВЕЦ "ВСЕЯ РУСИ"" (in Russian). Завтра. 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Самородок с музыкальной душой (стр. 4)" (PDF) (in Russian). Московская правда. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Корея запела басом" (in Russian). Независимая газета. 25 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ Щуплов, Александр. "Магомаев вернулся в Кремль по приказу Андропова" (in Russian). Российская газета. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
External links
- "Lyrics (a Russian text and its translation into English)". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- Down the Petersky by Feodor Chaliapin (Hayes, 1924)