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Yermolay Deminenko – Kamarinskaja
Russian Dance
Accordion Solo
78 RPM audio transfer from the Bowness Arts collection of vintage records.
Ermolaĭ Deminenko - Kamarinskaja / Rach-Ciach-Ciach
Label: Columbia – E3303
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Recorded: November 26, 1912 in New York
Released:1912
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Accordion Solo
Other side of this record: Rach-Ciach-Ciach
youtu.be/ywUaXKkBCfc
Russian
КАМАРИНСКАЯ.
(Kamarinskaja) Accordion Solo
Гармоника соло,
Исполнилъ Е. Деминенко.
E-3303 (38442)
Kamarinskaya (Russian: камаринская) is a traditional Russian folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's composition of the same name. Glinka's Kamarinskaya, written in 1848, was the first orchestral work based entirely on Russian folk song and to use the compositional principles of that genre to dictate the form of the music. It premiered on March 15, 1850. It became a touchstone for the following generation of Russian composers ranging from the Western-oriented Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to the group of nationalists known collectively as The Five and was also lauded abroad, most notably by French composer Hector Berlioz.
The traditional Kamarinskaya is "a quick dance tune" otherwise known as a naigrish, distinctive for its three-bar phrase lengths, which are played in an endless number of variations in moto perpetuo fashion by an instrumentalist. This tune usually accompanies a squatting dance often called a Kazatsky, and is traditionally played by a fiddler, a balalika player,or a concertina player. In the West it has been associated in romantic fashion with Cossacks.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912 the Gramophone Company established 78 rotations per minute as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "non-breakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.
Yermolay Deminenko – Kamarinskaja
Russian Dance
Accordion Solo
78 RPM audio transfer from the Bowness Arts collection of vintage records.
Ermolaĭ Deminenko - Kamarinskaja / Rach-Ciach-Ciach
Label: Columbia – E3303
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Recorded: November 26, 1912 in New York
Released:1912
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Accordion Solo
Other side of this record: Rach-Ciach-Ciach
youtu.be/ywUaXKkBCfc
Russian
КАМАРИНСКАЯ.
(Kamarinskaja) Accordion Solo
Гармоника соло,
Исполнилъ Е. Деминенко.
E-3303 (38442)
Kamarinskaya (Russian: камаринская) is a traditional Russian folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's composition of the same name. Glinka's Kamarinskaya, written in 1848, was the first orchestral work based entirely on Russian folk song and to use the compositional principles of that genre to dictate the form of the music. It premiered on March 15, 1850. It became a touchstone for the following generation of Russian composers ranging from the Western-oriented Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to the group of nationalists known collectively as The Five and was also lauded abroad, most notably by French composer Hector Berlioz.
The traditional Kamarinskaya is "a quick dance tune" otherwise known as a naigrish, distinctive for its three-bar phrase lengths, which are played in an endless number of variations in moto perpetuo fashion by an instrumentalist. This tune usually accompanies a squatting dance often called a Kazatsky, and is traditionally played by a fiddler, a balalika player,or a concertina player. In the West it has been associated in romantic fashion with Cossacks.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912 the Gramophone Company established 78 rotations per minute as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "non-breakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.
