Texts on Avtorskaya Pesnya, Romansy

[Rachel Platonov]

Dear Charles,

        As you suspect, the texts on avtorskaia pesnia in English are
somewhat limited. G. S. Smith's _Songs to Seven Strings_ (Indiana UP,
1984) is, so far as I know, the only book-length study of the genre in
English. In Russian, the choices are much broader, and include the
following general surveys:
        V. I. Novikov and E. N. Basovskaia, _Avtorskaia pesnia_ (Olimp, 2000)
                - this is designed as a secondary school textbook; it includes
a short introductory article on the genre, followed by chapters on major
bards (biography, some analysis, some song lyrics);
        Boris Savchenko, "Avtorskaia pesnia" (_Iskusstvo_, vol. 7, 1987)

        I am writing my dissertation on avtorskaia pesnia, and so I have
compiled a fairly extensive bibliography on the genre. Please feel free
to contact me offline (slayman at fas.harvard.edu) if I can be of help.

        Best,
        - Rachel Platonov




On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 01:42 PM, Chuck Arndt wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers:
>
> I am interested in composing an upper-level course on
> Russian Avtorskaya pesnya (bardy) and romansy. Does

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