Jerry Silverman

A Russian Song Book Jerry Silverman

Brief Description: Words also in Russian and Russian romanized. Brief Description: Reprint, with updated discography. Originally published: New York: Random House, 1962. Table of Contents: Preface Introduction by Henrietta Yurchenco Guide to TransliterationPart I Folk Songs 1. Down the Volga River 2. "Oh, You Dear Little Night" 3. Down Along the Mother Volga 4. Dubinushka 5. The Slender Mountain Ash 6. Farewell to Happiness 7. The Little Bell 8. Do Not Scold Me and Do Not Reproach Me 9. No Sounds from the City are Heard 10. My Sweetheart 11. All Throughout the Great Wide World I Wandered 12 The Story of the Coachman 13. In the Meadow Stood a Little Birch Tree 14. The Boundless Expanse of the Sea 15. The Cliff on the Volga 16. Snow Flurries 17. Stenka Razin (From Beyond the Island) 18. Troika Rushing 19. Do Not Awaken My Memories 20. Along the Peterskaya Road 21. In the Valley 22. The Village on the Road 23. Kalinka (Little Snowball Bush) 24. Why Do You Gaze at the Road? 25. Song of the Volga BoatmenPart II Popular Songs 26. Moscow Nights 27. Lonely Accordion 28. Katiusha 29. Wait for Me 30. Silently 31. Dark Is the Night 32. Strains of Guitar (On the River) 33. The Light 34. Wait for Your Soldier 35. Meadowland 36. Regimental Polka 37. My Heart 38. "Far Away, Far Away" 39. Should the Volga's Banks Be Flooded 40. Strolling Home 41. Who Knows Why 42. Through the Village 43. Clouds Have Risen Over the City 44. Song of Greeting Discography Guitar Chorde Fingering PatternsMarc Notes: Words also in Russian and Russian romanized.; Reprint, with updated discography. Originally published: New York: Random House, 1962.; Discography: p. 97. Publisher Marketing: Features: Full piano arrangements with guitar chords. Publisher Marketing: 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.