Creation background
1956, Troshin was invited to shoot a documentary and recorded an episode for the documentary. When he came to Moscow to prepare a recording, he overheard a melody and was moved at once. This piece of music is composed by Vasili Solovyov Sedoy and Mikhail Matusovski.
At first, the author himself was very dissatisfied with Night on the outskirts of Moscow. They think this song is very unsuccessful and it sounds boring. However, when Troshin first walked into the studio to sing this song, the film crew was all conquered at once, and Troshin's first song was poured into the film. Later, the famous conductor Victor Schaevitz adapted this song and added it to the famous female chorus. After that, Troshin sang "Night on the outskirts of Moscow" in every performance, which made this song quickly popular in the former Soviet Union. The night outside Moscow soon became Troshin's business card. [3]?
Song appreciation
The song combines some characteristics of Russian folk songs and Russian urban romance, with rich variety, liveliness and fluency. The author flexibly uses the change of mode-the first phrase is a natural minor, the second phrase is a natural major mode, the shadow of the third phrase is a melody minor, and the fourth phrase returns to a 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. 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 song works as "flexible and novel in genre, unique in technique, diverse in style and less in similarity". [6]? "
social influence
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 "flowed out from the bottom of the pen along the letters" [6].
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 [6].
In recent 20 years, Night on the outskirts of Moscow has been more widely circulated in China. Almost no music publication, a collection of foreign songs has not published this song, and almost no record company has not recorded this song. The motherland of the night outside Moscow is Russia, and the mother tongue of the night outside Moscow is Russian. But around the world, there are far more people singing Night Outside Moscow in Chinese than in Russian. No wonder a TV host in Beijing said, "The night outside Moscow is sung in Chinese.