Rozpryahayte, khloptsi, koni explained

Ukrainian: Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні
Type:Song
Language:Ukrainian
English Title:Unhitch the Horses, Boys
Written:19th century
Genre:Ukrainian folk music
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"Rozpriahajte, chlopci, koni" (Ukrainian: Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні,pronounced as /uk/

English: Unhitch the Horses, Boys) is a Ukrainian folk song. The song is known in the records of folklorists since the 19th century.[1] In the Soviet Union, the song became widely known after the release of the 1939 film Tractor Drivers.

History

In the 20th century, the folklorist and choir conductor recorded and edited the song.[2] In 1935, it was released on gramophone record by the under the direction of .[3] In 1935, it was performed by the Red Army Choir under the direction of Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.[4]

According to Ukrainian folklorist Leonid Kaufman, the folk song was written by Dmytro Balatsky in 1918.[5] This version was refuted by, proving that the song was known in the records of folklorists as early as the 19th century.[1] Local historian Viktor Yalanskyi in the book Nestor and Halyna, published in 1999, cites the assumption of Nestor Makhno's wife Halyna Kuzmenko that the author of this work is Ivan Negrebytskyi, a Makhnovist from Poltava.[6] [7]

Over time, the work was translated for the military orchestras of the Red Army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, such as "Ukrainian March" by Simon Chernetsky. In the 1970s, a version of the song performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir with the refrain "Marusya once, two, three viburnums" became widely known.[8]

Derivative works

With the beginning of World War I, the Russian writer Vladimir Gilyarovsky penned the text of the 1915 song "March of the Siberian Regiment" to the tune of "Unhitch the Horses, Boys." Later, the same melody was used in the Russian Civil War song "Po dolinam i po vzgoriam".[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Kinko. Andrii. Andrii Kinko. Хто автор цієї пісні?. Molod Ukrayiny. 1966. 152. 1286867275.
  2. Balatsky, Dmytro . 1936 . Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні. Укр. нар. пісня (двоголос, хор) . Unhitch the horses, boys. Ukrainian song (double voice, chorus) . . uk . . Mystetstvo .
  3. Khorova kapela "Dumka" . Распрягайте, хлопці, коні / Закувала та сива зозуля . Unharness, boys, horses / The gray cuckoo was chained . . uk . Catalog of Soviet records . 13 August 2022.
  4. . Взяв би я бандуру // Розпрягайте, хлопцi, конi . I would take a bandura // Unharness, boys, horses . . uk . Catalog of Soviet records . 13 August 2022.
  5. Book: Kaufman, Leonid. Пісня знаходить автора. The song finds the author. Kyiv. 1966. uk.
  6. Book: Yalanskyi. Viktor. Verkovka. Larysa. Нестор і Галина: розповідають фотокартки. Nestor and Halyna: the photos tell the story. Kyiv. Myronivsʹka drukarni︠a︡. 1999. 966-95615-0-7. 1104030109. uk.
  7. Web site: Марш Махна, або Пісня з історією. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210201446/http://gazetapoltava.info/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F-%D0%B7-%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D1%94%D1%8E. 10 December 2015. March of Makhno, or Song with history. 24 October 2014. Volodymyr. Kapustin. Poltava. Gazeta Poltava. uk.
  8. Web site: Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні. https://web.archive.org/web/20181112085618/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGUambB9dA. 12 November 2018. Unhitch the horses, boys. 2017. YouTube. uk.
  9. Book: Vyzgo-Ivanova, I. M.. Межнациональные связи в советской музыкальной культуре: сборник статей. International relations in Soviet musical culture: a collection of articles. Leningrad. Russian Conservatory. 1987. 49. ru.

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