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The Russian Protiazhnaia “Prolonged” Folk Song

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2019

Viktor M. Beliaev
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This short paper contains some general remarks about a type of Russian folk song called protiazhnaia. It is a unique genre of “old” Russian folk songs and is remarkable for its broad development of melody, to which its profound textual content and overall emotional impact are intimately bound. The subject matter of these songs is highly varied and rich, developing out of a deep lyricism which makes a powerful artistic impression upon those who hear them.

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Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council , Volume 1 , 1969 , pp. 165 - 175
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Copyright © 1971 By The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 

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2 In the writer's notes to the translator, the belief is expressed that “prolonged” is a better word than “protracted.” There is also prodolzhitel'naia (“extended”), zamedlennaia (“slowed down”), dolgaia (“long”).Google Scholar

3 Russkie narodnye pesni Krasnoiarskogo kraia [Russian folk songs of the Krasnoyarsk region], Part I (Moscow, 1959), no. 2.Google Scholar

4 Recordings of songs from the Amur region by an expedition from the Moscow Conservatory (unpublished, 1959).Google Scholar

5 M. Balakirev, Russkie narodnye pesni [Russian folk songs], ed. E. V. Gippius (Moscow, 1957), no. 7.Google Scholar

6 Russkie narodnye pesni Krasnoiarskogo kraia, Part I, no. 1.Google Scholar