Twenty-five traditional folk songs, plus 19 songs written in the folk style by 20th-century composers such as Shostakovich, Knipper, and Zakharov. Each of the songs appears with a vocal line, full piano accompaniment, and guitar chords. The lyrics are shown in the original Cyrillic, in transliteration, and in an English translation.

Sergei Rachmaninoff—the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries—wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved throughout the world. Like German Lieder and French mélodies, the songs were composed for one singer, accompanied by a piano. In this complete collection, Richard D. Sylvester provides English translations of the songs, along with accurate transliterations of the original texts and detailed commentary. Since Rachmaninoff viewed these "romances" primarily as performances and painstakingly annotated the scores, this volume will be especially valuable for students, scholars, and practitioners of voice and piano.

Fifteen tales including several featuring the hero Ilya; one featuring the villainous Whirlwind the Whistler; and others with Vasily the Turbulent, Nikita the Footless, and Peerless Beauty, the Cake-Baker.

60 (SIXTY) SINGING TRANSLATIONS OF RUSSIAN SONGS IN ENGLISH Just as subtitles (in English) help audiences to understand foreign motion pictures, so do these singing translations help English speaking listeners understand Russian songs that are in this publication. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK Preface Introduction Dedications and Thanks 01 Do Not Scold Me So My Dearest 02 Midst Ball's Noisy Clamour 03 Will I Forget? 04 Oh, Keep Mum 05 To Love You And Embrace 06 Don't You Ask Me 07 Lips Pout 08 Two Farewells 09 Serenade 10 If I Meet You Somewhere 11 Reminder 12 For You Alone 13 Portrait 14 Forgive! Don't Dwell On Days Of Downfall 15 What For Is Love? (Why Love, Why Suffer?) 16 Morning 17 Rendezvous: When Stars Pour Out Sparkling 18 All Alone I Set Out on the Highway 19 No City Sounds Are Heard 20 In Silent, Secret, Night's Calm 21 No, Only One Who Knew 22 As Then, Again I'm Alone 23 Songs And Dances of Death 1 Lullaby 24 Songs And Dances of Death 2 Serenade 25 Songs And Dances of Death 3 Trepak (Russian Folk Dance) 26 Songs And Dances of Death 4 Fieldmarshal 27 The (Young) Pedlar's Song Or Korobushka 28 Elegy: When You, My Heart 29 No, It's Not You I Fervently Adore 30 Night Is Bright 31 O, If I Could Only In Words, Dear 32 Coachman's Song 33 Misty Morning 34 But Nonetheless I Love You Still 35 Troika's Dashing, Troika's Flying 36 In That Fateful Hour 37 I Loved You So 38 Burn Bright, Burn Bright My Star, My Star 39 Why, Oh Why? 40 Twelve Robbers 41 Here Now A Dashing Troika Flies By 42 Song Of The Viking Guest 43 Song Of The Indian Guest 44 Songs Of The Venetian Guest 45 Volkhova's Lullaby 46 Nursery 5 At Bedtime 47 Sunless 1 Within Four Walls 48 Sunless 2 You Didn't Recognise Me 49 Drive, Cabbie 50 Chrysanthemums 51 Just Go Just Go Away! 52 Dear Little Street 53 You Had Watered Your Steed 54 Not Regretting, Calling Back, Or Crying 55 Omens (I Went To You ) 56 Don't Go Away 57 Stern Old Spouse (Gypsie Girl's Song) 58 Night Is Still 59 It's So Good Here 60 I'll Forget All, I'll Foresake All (for female voice) 60 I'll Forget All, I'll Foresake All (for male voice) Discography The aim of this work is to help English speakers discover the richness, beauty and pathos of Russian song through the singing of this " English Echo of Russian Songs". This songbook may also be used in an educational and musical context, as it allows discovery, or rediscovery in some cases, of the Russian language. It is intended that these translations be sung (karaoke style) while playing and listening to the recording of the Russian song and at the same time singing the translated English words from this songbook. Listening to Russian words while singing the English words is the educational interaction referred to in the paragraph above. For teachers and students of both Russian and English languages, singing a Russian song in Russian and straight after in English would help to compare and contrast that song during discussion. A public performance of the same song sung in both Russian and English would help to preserve its original Russian sentiment and also interpret the song. These singing translations are just as essential to audiences, as the English subtitles in Russian motion pictures are to cinema goers. Ivan Renatovich

Presented here is a rare collection of some of the best Gypsy folk songs popular among the Romanies of Russia and Eastern Europe. All offered in the original Romany tribal dialect, as appropriate to each song, with easy-to-follow pronunciation guide specially formulated for the native English speaker and literal (word-for-word) English translation. the appended short historical and linguistic overview offers a rare insight into the history, traditions, language as well as the music and songs of this unique and mysterious people. Great addition to any pianist's collection!

During this period estrada - which includes comedy, literary readings, and circus arts as well as popular song - saw the birth of tangos, foxtrots, waltzes, and big bands. MacFadyen shows how a nomadic art form survived the pressures of business before the 1917 Revolution and those of politics afterwards.