Mikhail Ma Dosov-sky is a famous lyric writer in the Soviet Union and the winner of the Soviet National Literature and Art Award. 1942 In the spring, he published a short poem "Singing Irming Lake" in a battle report, which was composed by an old musician Marion Koval. That song did not arouse repercussions, but its tonal basis and rhythmic structure were accumulated in the depths of the poet's creative memory. Twenty-five years later, it was finally reborn at night outside Moscow. The artistic conception of the poem "Night outside Moscow" is similar to that of "Singing Irming Lake", but as for the number of syllables and iambic, the two poems are exactly the same. Ma Dosov's poems describe the beauty of simplicity inherent in Russian nature. In the song, young people's sincere and excited voices, budding love and parting feelings before dawn are all in harmony with the beauty of nature. Solovyov-Sedoi's charming and clear melody supports and develops the image of poetry, as if it was born from Russian nature itself. In the composer's own words, this song "flows down from the pen tip along the letters".
Vasili Solovyov Sedoy (1907— 1979) was one of the most famous composers in the Soviet Union. He was born in a family cleaning gardens in St. Petersburg. My father can play the accordion, my mother is a good singer of folk songs, and my brothers and sisters also like to play the piano and sing, so when Vasily was seven or eight years old, he was already able to play the songs he heard fluently on guitar and mandolin. There is a small cinema in the building, where there is a piano. Vasily often helps the projectionist organize the films after class, so the projectionist allows Vasily to play the piano for a while. Vasily learned to play some tunes without the knowledge of the teacher, only knowing his own listening ability, and became an indispensable little pianist at the school party. After the October Revolution, the Solovjeff family moved from a dark cellar to a spacious house with a piano. Ten-year-old Vasily also began to learn piano from a female teacher. After graduating from high school, Vasily worked in several clubs and cultural centers. This 16-year-old boy often improvises on the stage with the development of the plot, which fully shows his talent. 1929, Vassili was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music in Leningrad. Two years later, he transferred to the Composition Department of the Conservatory of Music and graduated from 1936. During the Great Patriotic War, he served as artistic director in the theater "Facing the Sea" and the cast of the Baltic Fleet. 1948 Chairman of Leningrad Composers Association. He won the highest honorary title of "Soviet People's Artist". Solovyov-Sedoi is good at writing lyric songs and humorous songs. His marches are few in number, but not inferior at all. In his life, he composed music for more than 40 films (film interludes are essential) and created 400 songs of various styles. Among them, besides Night in the Outskirts of Moscow, there are Night in the Harbor, Spring Comes to Our Battlefield, Song of Youth League Members and Departure.
There are many extraordinary and interesting experiences about this famous song. 1956 At that time, the Soviet Union was holding a national sports meeting, and the Moscow Film Studio produced a large-scale documentary "In the Days of Sports Conference". The film factory invited the famous composer Solovyov-Sedoi to compose music for this film. The composer collaborated with the poet Ma Dosov-sky to write four episodes for the film, and Night Outside Moscow is one of them.
The song combines some characteristics of Russian folk songs and Russian urban romance, but it is full of changes. Although it is a short song, it shows the master's ingenuity everywhere: he flexibly uses the change of mode-the first phrase is natural minor, the second phrase is natural major, the shadow of the third melody minor flashes, and the fourth phrase returns to natural minor. The composer also broke through the integrity of the phrase-the first phrase is four bars, the second phrase is one bar less than the first phrase, and the third phrase is divided into two clauses, one of which uses syncopation to emphasize the stress in the sense just right. The rhythm of the fourth phrase is similar to that of the first and second phrases, but it starts with a weak beat, not a strong beat. As far as composition is concerned, none of these four phrases is exactly the same as the other. The turning point of the melody of the song is unexpected but natural and decent, with wide breath and exquisite structure, showing vivid interest in simplicity and elegance, which is really amazing. No wonder the Soviet music circle praised Solovjeff Sedoy's songs as "flexible and novel in genre, unique in technique, diverse in style and less in similarity."
The more connotation and depth a work has, its artistic charm can't be recognized at once. According to Ma Dosov's recollection, when this song was recorded, the head of the music department of the film factory was very dissatisfied and said rudely to Solovyov-Sedoi, "Your new work is very mediocre. I never thought that a famous composer like you would write such a thing. " A pot of cold water made the composer feel dejected. But after the film was released, the songs were still popular with young people. The following year, the sixth World Youth and Student Festival was held in Moscow. It was not until two months before the opening that the organizing committee of the festival decided to send this lyric song, which was not written for the festival but was a household name in the Soviet Union at that time, to participate in the song contest of the festival. Sure enough, it won the gold medal at one stroke. Young people from all over the world boarded the train singing "I hope you and I will never forget the night outside Moscow" and bid farewell to Moscow. From then on, this charming song flew out of the Soviet border and began its global travel.
1959, the Soviet Union set up the highest honor award named after Lenin, and five songs, including Solovyov-Sedoi's Night Outside Moscow, won the first Lenin Literature and Art Award. Until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, no one except Solovyov-Sedoi won this honor for his songs.
From 65438 to 0958, the first international Tchaikovsky Piano Competition was held in Moscow, and the first prize winner was American young pianist Van Cliburn. He played this song excitedly at the farewell concert, and the audience burst into stormy applause, and the audience stood up and sang in unison. When claiborne held a concert after returning to China, he also made this song a regular repertoire. 1962, Kenny Bauer recorded and sang "Night outside Moscow" in English (titled "Night in Moscow" with lyrics written by Man Curtis), which became the best-selling record in the United States that year. You know, during the "Cold War" period, the United States hardly introduced Soviet songs. French composer and singer Francis remarque filled the French lyrics with the tune of this song and named it "Lily of the Valley in Spring", which became an instant hit in France. The Soviet "Ruoke" Song and Dance Troupe went to Brazil to perform and sang Brazil's Samba. The audience sang "Night on the outskirts of Moscow" in return. Saharan riders on Arabian fast horses sang this song in the rarest Hausa language and came to Nigeria. There are countless such interesting stories-Finland, Guinea, Japan, Canada, Australia ... people can hear this song everywhere.
Solovyov-Sedoi once said, "I always think it doesn't matter whether a song is complicated or simple. After all, that's not why people like it. Only when people find their life partners and their thoughts and emotions in songs will such songs become popular. "
This lyric song has the charm of nearly half a century, not only because of its artistic success. Soviet critics at that time thought: "The patriotic theme in Dunayevsky's March of the Motherland appeared in another form and a new look in Solovyov-Sedoi's Night on the outskirts of Moscow." The connotation of the song has been greatly extended in the process of singing: it is not only a simple love song, but also a night scene in the suburbs of Moscow. Has been integrated into the Russian people's love for the motherland, relatives and friends, and all good things.
Night outside Moscow was published in 1956. Such a short and uncomplicated song has spread more and more widely all over the world in the past half century, which is also rare in the history of world music culture. Ma Dosov's poems describe the beauty of simplicity inherent in Russian nature. In the song, young people's sincere and excited voices, budding love and parting feelings before dawn are all in harmony with the beauty of nature. Solovyov-Sedoi's charming and clear melody supports and develops the image of poetry, as if it was born from Russian nature itself. In the composer's own words, this song "flows down from the pen tip along the letters".
1956 When recording this song at the beginning, the head of the music department of the film factory was very dissatisfied after hearing it, and said rudely to Solovyov-Sedoi, "Your new work is very mediocre. I never thought that a famous composer like you would write such a thing. " A pot of cold water made the composer feel dejected. However, after the film was released, the songs were welcomed by young people. The following year, he won the gold medal at the 6th World Youth and Students Festival. Young people from all over the world boarded the train singing "I hope you and I will never forget the night outside Moscow" and bid farewell to Moscow. From then on, this charming song flew out of the Soviet border and began its global travel.