The contemporary songs and ballads recorded by the St. Petersburg State University Philological Faculty folklore expeditions in the 1970s and 1980s.
"This book is a history of love, N. Gerasimova, one of the book's editors, writes in her preface. According to the book's title, these songs are about the cruelty of love and the lonliness of solitude which happens always and even now, somewhere and everywhere.This book is a story from the Russian people, about their experiences, often simple and unadorned, sometimes naive, but always poignant, about one's person life which one is prepared to share with everyone, since the same might happen to everybody..."
Illustrated by the noted St. Petersburg artist Alexander Florensky, this book contains 283 poetic texts divided into 18 categories such as Unfaithful Lover, Girl's Fall, Adultery, Murder, Duty and Passion, etc. It is supplemented by the notes and morphological tables. The book is intended for both scholars and all readers intrested in modern Russian folklore.
"This book is a history of love, N. Gerasimova, one of the book's editors, writes in her preface. According to the book's title, these songs are about the cruelty of love and the lonliness of solitude which happens always and even now, somewhere and everywhere.This book is a story from the Russian people, about their experiences, often simple and unadorned, sometimes naive, but always poignant, about one's person life which one is prepared to share with everyone, since the same might happen to everybody..."
Illustrated by the noted St. Petersburg artist Alexander Florensky, this book contains 283 poetic texts divided into 18 categories such as Unfaithful Lover, Girl's Fall, Adultery, Murder, Duty and Passion, etc. It is supplemented by the notes and morphological tables. The book is intended for both scholars and all readers intrested in modern Russian folklore.
ISBN 5-89059-004-9
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Winner of "The Art of the Book" Award, Russia, 1996
Illustrated by the noted St. Petersburg artist Alexander Florensky
ISBN 5-89059-004-9
Size 130х165 mm.
416 pages
Illustrations
5000 copies
Size 130х165 mm.
416 pages
Illustrations
5000 copies
