The Russian soldier's song "Soldatushki" (Hey, Soldier Boys) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 60th Anniversary Concert.
Conductor: Denis Mickiewicz, founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.
November 13, 2013, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
🎶 This song and the entire album "Mnogaya L'eta: 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus" are available for listening on any streaming platforms: https://band.link/Gtnqu
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Soldatushki (Hey, Soldiers) is Russian folk drill song, widely known in the XIX-early XX century; one of the most popular in the XIX century. The song is distinguished by a large number of variants (verses) and is built on the principle of "call-response". Kinship ties are used as appeals; various military terms or ideological, less often household symbols, are used as responses.
Originally it was an unrhymed folk song called "There was a tree in an open field". But the lyrics and rhythm of the song underwent significant changes after the decree "On Conscription" (1705-1874), according to which men from 20 to 35 years of age of all classes and estates were called up for military service for life. In the future, the principles of conscription changed, and the terms of service were gradually reduced. The song creates a figurative and linguistic picture of the world of soldiers' military life of the XVIII-early XX centuries.
📌 Lyrics:
Hey, soldier boys, brave fellows,
Where are your mothers?
Our mothers are our white tents,
That’s where our mothers are!
Hey, soldier boys, brave fellows,
Where are your brothers?
Our brothers are the packs on our backs,
That’s where our brothers are!
Hey, soldier boys, brave fellows,
Where are your sisters?
Our sisters are our sharp sabers and pikes,
That’s where our sisters are!
Hey, soldier boys, brave fellows,
Where are your wives?
Our wives are our loaded rifles,
That’s where our wives are!
Hey, soldier boys, brave fellows,
Where are your grandfathers?
Our grandfathers are our glorious victories,
That’s where our grandfathers are!
Hey, soldier boys, brave fellows,
Where are your aunts?
Our aunts are two bottles of vodka,
That’s where our aunts are!
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The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.
Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.
Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian choir. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the choir in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".
The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.
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