queries/An-sky

[Thomas Hodge]

Dear Michael,
     Regarding query no. 3: this song might well be a parody of Aleksandr 
Aliab'ev's famous song, "Solovei," which he composed in prison in 1826, on a 
text by Del'vig; or the song in An-skii could even be a parody of one of 
Aliab'ev's three other nightingale songs. I discuss these old warhorses of the 
nineteenth-century Russian vocal repertoire in my _A Double Garland_ 
(Evanston: Northwestern UP, 2000), pp. 157-65.
     Good luck with the finishing touches!
          Tom

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:52:20 +0000, Katz, Michael R. 
>3) One of the lads sings a sad song that begins:
>
>Chto ty, glupyi, coloveika,
>Pod moim zapel oknom?
>Al', ne znaesh', chto evreika
>Obitaet etot dom?
>
>I would be grateful for any hints, suggestions, clues you might have to help 
solve one or more of these puzzles.
>
>Michael Katz
>Middlebury College
>
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