Russian chanson in NY Times?

[Peter Scotto]

I saw the piece. Very interesting.

What do they mean by "chanson" in the Russian tradition? Chastushki? Tsiganskie
pesni?  It's not a generic designation I was hitherto familiar with.

Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College
pscotto at mtholyoke.edu 

Quoting Benjamin Rifkin <brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU>:

> Dear SEELANGers:
> 
> I thought many of you would find this article on the current state of the
> chanson tradition in Russia to be of interest for you and your students:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/arts/music/16kish.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ben Rifkin
> 
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