Texts on Avtorskaya Pesnya, Romansy

[Michael Denner]

Dear Charles Arndt:

Two ideas for your course.

First, if you're interested in romansy, then check out
www.russianpoetry.net, where you'll find numerous recordings of romansy,
along with the text to the poems and "ponies" for your students to ride.

Second, don't forget that there are numerous excellent bardy out there
right now (not all are shestidesiatniki). I've used the songs and texts
of Psoy Korolenko (www.psoy.ru) several times to great success in my
intermediate Russian class. His lyrics are pretty approachable from a
linguistic standpoint, vigorous, fun & students enjoy the macaronic
element that's often there. His CDs are a little hard to come by here in
the States, but I'm sure there are people out there who could send you
copies of his music (for academic purposes, of course). He tours
frequently in the States, too. He performed at Stetson last year -- very
good stuff.

Best,
mad

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Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
http://russianpoetry.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Arndt [mailto:chuckarndt at YAHOO.COM] 
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:43 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Texts on Avtorskaya Pesnya, Romansy

Dear SEELANGers:

I am interested in composing an upper-level course on
Russian Avtorskaya pesnya (bardy) and romansy. Does
anyone know any texts that one could assign on this
topic (preferably ones that would not only have the
lyrics, but say something about the history of the
songs--although songbooks are fine too)?  The texts
can be in Russian or in English (I imagine most all
will be in Russian, which is fine, though it would be
interesting to know if there are any English texts out
there).

Thanking you in advance for your kind responses.


Sincerely,


Charles Arndt


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