Vasily Grossman & Beethoven-Irlandskaya zastol'naia

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Robert,

The song described in Grossman's essay (Beethoven "Irlandskaia  
zastol'naia") was one of the most popular songs among soldiers during  
the war. See, for example, Olga Berrgolts's comments from "Dnevnye  
zvezdy" regarding  
this:http://militera.lib.ru/prose/russian/berggolts_of/09.html

According to some memoirs, the gramophone record featuring this song  
is related to the performance of Professor Anatolii Leonidovich Dolivo  
(Dolivo-Sobotnitskii) (1893-1965).

All best,
Sasha Smith













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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
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Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
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