Yikhav Kozak za Dunai explained
"Yikhav Kozak za Dunai" (Ukrainian: Їхав козак за Дунай|lit=The Cossack Rode beyond the Danube) is one of the most famous Ukrainian folk songs. It was written by the Ukrainian philosopher and poet Semen Klymovsky.
Under the name "Schöne Minka" it became popular in Germany too.[1] The German title comes from the first words of a poem by Christoph August Tiedge, "Schöne Minka, ich muß scheiden".
Compositions
- Franciszek Lessel: "Jichaw Kozak z za Dunaju", Eight Variations in a minor on a Russian Theme for piano, Op. 15, no. 1. 1814 (earliest known example of "Minka" reception in Western professional music)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: "Schöne Minka, ich muss scheiden!", Lieder verschiedener Völker (Songs of Various Nations), no. 16. 1816
- Ludwig van Beethoven: "Schöne Minka", Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op. 107, no. 7. 1818–19
- Anton Eberl: Variations sur un thème russe (for cello and piano), Op. 17
- Sigismund Neukomm: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 8: III. Poco adagio. Thème Russe con variazioni
- Carl Maria von Weber: Nine Variations in C minor on a Russian Theme "Schöne Minka", Op. 40, J. 179 for piano
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Adagio, Variations and Rondo in A major, Op. 78 "Schöne Minka" for flute cello and piano
- Spike Jones recorded a swing version of "Minka" in the 1940s in the United States[2]
- Yury Kazakov and Willard Palmer: Variations on a Ukrainian Theme, Їхав козак за Дунай
Music
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Schöne Minka lyrics and English translation
| Schöne Minka, ich muß scheiden, ach du fühlest nicht die Leiden,fern auf freudelosen Heiden, fern zu sein von dir | Finster wird der Tag mir scheinen, einsam werd ich gehn und weinen;auf den Bergen, in den Hainen ruf ich, Minka, dir. Nie werd ich von dir mich wenden; mit den Lippen, mit den Händenwerd ich Grüße zu dir senden von entfernten Höhn.Mancher Mond wird noch vergehen, ehe wir uns wiedersehen;ach, vernimm mein letztes Flehen: bleib mir treu und schön!
Du, mein Olis, mich verlassen? Meine Wange wird erblassen;alle Freuden werd ich hassen, die sich freundlich nahn.Ach, den Nächten und den Tagen werd ich meinen Kummer klagen;alle Lüfte werd ich fragen, ob sie Olis sahn
| Tief verstummen meine Lieder, meine Augen schlag ich nieder;aber seh ich dich einst wieder, dann wird's anders sein.Ob auch all die frischen Farben deiner Jugendblüte starben:ja, mit Wunden und mit Narben bist du, Süßer mein! | | Lovely Minka, I must part, oh you feel not the pains,far upon a joyless moor, far to be from you!Grimly the day will appear to me, lonely I become sad and cry;on the mountains, in the groves call I, Minka, to you. I will never turn from you; with the lips, with the handsif I send greetings to you from distant jeering.Some moon will still pass, before we see again;oh, hear my last begging: remain to me loyal and nice
| You, my Olis, me leave? My cheek will turn pale;I will hate all joys, which to myself friendly seem.Oh to the nights and the days I will complain my grief;I will ask all winds, whether they have seen you! Deeply my songs fall silent, my eyes knock down I;but see I you once again, then it will be different.Whether also all fresh colors of your youth blossom died:yes, with wounds and with scars you are, sweet mine
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See also
Notes and References
- Gretchen Rowe Clements. Situating Schubert: Early Nineteenth-century Flute Culture. ProQuest, 2007. . "According to an 1830 review in the AMA, there was a time when Schöne Minka was 'whistled, hummed, and muttered on every street corner'. The Lied was popular for some time, and many composers used it in arrangements and variation sets, including the popular flutist–composer Carl Keller. Beethoven first set Schöne Minka in his 1816 collection Lieder verschiedener Völker (Songs of Various Nations), and then again in his Variations, Op. 107, at the request of the Scottish music publisher George Thomson."
- 6 August 2012 . Spike Jones – Minka . Richard L. . . 30 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406133311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_MFDNuwfY . 6 April 2017 . live.
