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Originally Posted by orbiter
I agree that Russia is a grand old classy dame.  Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy are close to two centuries old, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff are catching up in years.
I mean young in terms of people's power / parliamentary system.
I found this on the YouTube, great tune! Oh please, don't pull a McCarthyism on me  just because I find the Russians are musically intelligent and exquisite!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5-hM6xKt4 |
I agree, it's a "great tune," and one of the most recognizable pieces in Russian history.
Only people who mistakenly used it for "Revolution" theme are a bit wrong. This song goes back to Tzarist times; it was written during the first Balkan war in 1912 ( according to Wikipedia,) and when it was used as an "unofficial anthem" during the post-revolutionary civil war, it was actually used by the White Army, not the Red one.
You can read more about the history of the
"Farewell of Slavianka" in Wiki.
I can only add that this music was used in 1941 during the WWII, when the Soviet troops were marching straight to the front from the Red Square, and from what I see, the composer of this song was conducting the orchestra that day himself))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-JhqAq5qA