Milford News | 1931-07-23 | Page 6 | Every Variety of Song in the Lives of Russians

Every Variety of Song in the Lives of Russians In Russia music has always been closely connected with the lives of the people. From the time of birth through all the events of life until death claims them, they move to a musical accompaniment. The return of spring is celebrated by a sort of choral dance, termed the khorovod; marriage, being a most Important time, brings forth many songs, such as "The Birchwood Splinter" ("Lootchins"), "Glorification," "The Matchmaker" ("Svat oushka"). There are boating songs, laboring songs, lullabies and dance songs. Most of the dance tunes are In the major mode, the slow tunes, and these are best liked in the minor. Cesar Cui, In his book "La Musique en Russie," divided the Russian composers compos-ers Into three groups: First, the old lyric school, Glinka Darkomizsky and Seroff ; second, the New-Russians, Rim-sky-Korsakoff, Mussorgsky, Borodin, and lastly Rubinstein and Tschaikow-ski Tschaikow-ski in a class by themselves as being less distinctively national. Washington Washing-ton Star.