PAUL WINTER'S WORLD OF LIVING MUSIC:
WORLD OF LIVING MUSIC:
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Music traditional Russian ("Stenka Razin")
© 1953 by Stormking Music, Inc.
"The old Russian folksong, "Stenka Razin" had a beautiful melody, but the words deserve to stay on the library shelf. About a legendary Cossack chief. He is rowing across the Volga with his band of warriors, and his bride, a Persian princess. He hears them grumble, "Ah, Stenka Razin has become a sissy; he's got married." Stenka Razin roars, "I'll show you who has become a sissy. Mother Volga, see what sacrifice I make for you!" He picks up his bride, throws her in the Volga and drowns her. So much for folklore. I put together some new words in 1950, while chopping trees for my own house along the banks of the Hudson."
"The artist in ancient times inspired, entertained,
educated his fellow citizens. Modern artists have an additional responsibility
- to encourage others to be artists. Why? Because technology is going to
destroy the human soul unless we realize that each of us must in some way
be a creator as well as a spectator or consumer. ... Make your own music,
write your own books,if you would keep your soul."Pete Seeger Appreciation Site
