Night outside Moscow

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".

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 not satisfied 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. 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 "Ruokai" Song and Dance Troupe of the Soviet Union visited Brazil to perform and sang "Samba" in Brazil. The audience returned by singing "Night on the outskirts of Moscow". 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.