A Spruce Was Born in the Forest explained
В лесу родилась ёлочка |
Type: | song |
Language: | Russian |
English Title: | A Spruce Was Born in the Forest |
Genre: | Christmas song, New Year song, children's song |
Composer: | Leonid Karlovich Beckman |
Lyricist: | Raisa Adamovna Kudasheva |
"A Spruce Was Born in the Forest" is one of the most popular Russian children's Christmas songs, which became a New Year song in the USSR. The lyrics were written by, the music by .
Russian Reporter magazine conducted a sociological study in 2015, the lyrics of the song took 29th place in the top 100 most popular lines of poetry in Russia.[1]
History
Initially, Raisa Kudasheva published the poem "Yolka" in the children's magazine "Malyutka" in 1903. And 2 years later, Leonid Beckman composed a melody for it for the birthday of his eldest daughter. He had no musical education, played the piano by ear, but improvised easily and sang excellently. The melody of the song was transferred to the notes by his wife, pianist, who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory.[2]
During the World War I and the revolution, including due to the prohibition of Christmas,[3] the song was forgotten, but in 1941 compiled a poetic New Year's collection, which gave the song a second life.
Lyrics
There are several variations of the last verse, beginning with "now you're here, dressed up...",
[4] "and here it is, dressed up...",
[5] "now it is, dressed up..."
[6] Notes and References
- Web site: Leybin . Vitaly . Kuznetsova . Natalya . June 26, 2015 . Слова не выкинешь. Какие песни мы поем в душе и какими стихами говорим . https://web.archive.org/web/20160419070850/http://rusrep.ru/article/2015/06/26/slova-ne-vyikinesh/ . April 19, 2016 . Rusrep.ru.
- Web site: Семья Бекмана Л.К. и история создания песни "В лесу родилась ёлочка" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181205/http://profbeckman.narod.ru/Elka.pdf . December 30, 2018 . Narod.ru.
- Book: Rozhkov, Alexander Yurievich . В кругу сверстников: жизненный мир молодого человека в Советской России 20-х годов : в 2 т. . Перспективы образования, 2002 . 5937490177 . Russian.
- Web site: В лесу родилась елочка . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207195122/http://litizia.narod.ru/nvgd/n/v_lesu_rodilas_elochka/v_lesu_rodilas.htm . December 7, 2013 . Litizia.narod.ru.
- Web site: В лесу родилась елочка mp3, текст (слова), ноты песни скачать бесплатно и слушать В лесу родилась елочка . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214113615/http://snewgodom.ru/pesni/v-lesu-rodilas-elochka.html . December 14, 2013 . Snewgodom.ru.
- Web site: Елочки. на Яндекс. Фотках. Фотографии в альбоме. — 10 June 2013 — Blog — Vault . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207065316/http://vault.ucoz.es/blog/elochki_na_jandeks_fotkakh_fotografii_v_albome/2013-06-10-22 . December 7, 2013.