Manti Messenger | 1931-06-26 | Page 6 | Every Variety of Song in the lives of Russians

00 00 Ever Every Variety of Song in in the LY Lives of Russians In Russia music has always been closely connected with the lives of ot the people From the time of ot birth through all the events of life until death claims them they move to a musical accompaniment The return of ot spring Is celebrated by hy a sort of choral dunce termed the od marriage being a most Important time brings forth many songs such as The Thc Birchwood Splinter Glorification The Matchmaker There are boating songs laboring songs lullabies and dance songs Most of ot the dance tunes are In the major mode the slow tunes and these are arc hest best liked In the minor Cesar Cui Cu In his book La l en Russie divided the Russian composers compos compos- ers Into three e groups First the old I lyric school Glinka and second the Russians New Rim Rim- sky sky-Korsakoff Borodin and lastly and amI skI In a class b by themselves as being less distinctively national Washing Washington ton Star Star