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Video: "Lonely Accordion" with a Russian-French Soul: The Difficult Fate of a Popularly Beloved Drinking Song
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Previously, close people gathered together at the same table, discussed everyday problems, shared news, and also sang songs. "". Great old drinking songs from our parents and grandparents! Unfortunately, the tradition of table singing is gradually disappearing from our lives. It's a pity….
You have to put your soul into the song …
We know such truly folk songs from Boris Mokrousov. “, - recalled the poet Mark Lisyansky, -”. He was not a mouthpiece and herald of his era, all his melodies are quiet and heartfelt, as if "overheard" by the people. "" - said the composer. Deep into the soul, his songs are alive and popular to this day. And one of the best songs written by him is undoubtedly "Lonely Accordion". Listening to her, one is drawn to stroll through the village streets on a warm summer evening and be sad with the accordion player …
Everything is harmonious and beautiful in this song - both the words and the music. There is something so charming and tender in her that touches and heals the soul … But the song did not come out right away. In the first post-war months, the poet Mikhail Isakovsky brought his unpretentious poems about the village accordion player Vladimir Zakharov, who at that time was the director of the Pyatnitsky choir.
Zakharov, on whose account by that time there were already many good and popular songs, put them to music. A new song called "Accordionist" was performed by the choir led by him, but she did not receive much recognition. But soon these poems were published in the magazine October, and they caught the eye of the composer Mokrousov. He wrote for them the music that we all now know and love.
In 1948, the song "Lonely Accordion" was performed by famous artists of that time - a singer from Leningrad Efrem Flax and Georgy Abramov, a soloist of the All-Union Radio.
The song became very popular, it was performed by many artists, but Sergei Lemeshev and Georg Ots are still considered the best performers.
Until now, this song is loved by the people, and how else, because it touches the innermost strings of the soul and is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.
"… accordion" with a French soul
The famous French chansonnier Yves Montand heard this song during his tour of the Union, he really liked the music. And at his request, the poet from France Francis Lemarque wrote words to this music. In this case, it turned out not a translation, but a completely different text. This is how a new song "Beautiful May" appeared in French to the music of Boris Mokrousov.
Yves Montand sings "Lovely May" (our "Lonely Accordion").
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