Music and Solovyov

[Olga Meerson]

Cf.:
http://narovol.narod.ru/art/lit/forsh9.htm · 

Капитан, как я рад, что я Вас увидел.
Вашей роты подпоручик дочь мою обидел.

Not anything resembling a lead towards true origins, but at least defines the genre. The song is called "poganaia", i.e. cynical and highly indecent. What is Solovyov's own original context? I can easily imagine him, like Dost., creating or exploring the contrasts between the ideal Sophia and this version of an attitude to femininity.
o.m.


----- Original Message -----
From: bmdamare at UMICH.EDU
Date: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:48 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Music and Solovyov

> I'm not sure about the song's origin, but it also appears in P. N. 
> Krasnov's novel "Fallen Leaves" (1923).  He gives the first two lines:
> 
> Kak ia rad, kapitan, chto ia vas uvidal
> vashei roty podporuchik doch' moiu obidel
> 
> That's no closer to the origin of the song, but maybe it'll help 
> open a 
> lead or two.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Brad Damare'
> Department of Slavic Languages/Literatures
> University of Michigan

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