The Sacred War
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"The Sacred War" | |
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Song | |
Written | 1941 |
Genre | Martial music |
Composer(s) | Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov |
Lyricist(s) | Vasily Lebedev-Kumach |
"The Sacred War",[a] also known as "Arise, Great Country!",[b] is one of the most famous Soviet songs of World War II. The music is by Alexander Alexandrov, founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble and the musical composer of the State Anthem of the Soviet Union. The lyrics are by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach.[1]
The circumstances of the composition and first performance of the song were hurried; the lyrics were published on 24 June 1941, and Alexandrov immediately wrote the music for them, writing the notes out on a blackboard for the singers to copy manually. The first performance was on 26 June at Belorussky Railway Station, where according to eyewitnesses it was sung five times in succession.[2]
In the 1990s, Russian media published the allegation that the lyrics had been plagiarized by Lebedev-Kumach, and that they were indeed written during the First World War by Aleksandr Bode (1865–1939). These claims were taken to court, and the newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta in June 2000 was forced to publish a retraction of the claim.[3] Prof. Evgeniy Levashev (2000) still upheld doubts on the authorship, and on the reasonableness of the court's decision.[4]
One of the most famous Soviet patriotic songs, "The Sacred War" has been sung in several languages including Russian,[5] Finnish,[6] Hungarian,[7] Estonian,[8] Latvian,[9] Chinese,[10] Korean,[11] Japanese,[12] Vietnamese,[13] Hindi,[14] Punjabi,[15] German,[16] French[17] and English,[18] as well as several other languages of the Soviet Union. Like Katyusha, it is one of the most translated Soviet songs.
Lyrics
[edit]Russian original | Romanization of Russian | English translation |
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Вставай страна огромная, |
Vstaváj straná ogrómnaja, |
Arise, o vast country, |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Russian: Священная война, romanized: Svyashchénnaya voyná, IPA: [svʲɪˈɕːenːəjə vɐjˈna]
- ^ Russian: Вставай, страна огромная, romanized: Vstaváy straná ogrómnaya!, IPA: [fstɐˈvaj strɐˈna ɐˈɡromnəjə]
References
[edit]- ^ David R. Marples (2014). Russia in the Twentieth Century: The quest for stability. Routledge. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-317-86228-4.
- ^ В. Олару. Стихотворение в газете Независимая Молдова, 21 июня 2001 ("Архив за 21.06.2001 - "Независимая Молдова"". Archived from the original on July 11, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)) - ^ Опровержение Независимая газета, 5 июля 2000; A. Barinov, Бард сталинской эпохи. 105 лет со дня рождения Василия Лебедева-Кумача, «АиФ Долгожитель» № 15 (27), 8 August 2003.
- ^ Е. М. Левашев. Судьба песни // Архив наследия — 2000 / Сост. и науч. ред. Плужников В. И.; РАН. Российский Научно-исследовательский институт культурного и природного наследия им. Д. С. Лихачёва. — М.: Институт Наследия, 2001, 305–330. (online version).
- ^ The Sacred War in Russian (Священная война), 25 February 2021, retrieved 2021-02-25
- ^ The Sacred War in Finnish (Pyhä Sota), 10 May 2021, retrieved 2021-05-11
- ^ The Sacred War in Hungarian (Fel küzdelemre hős haza), 15 January 2015, retrieved 2015-01-15
- ^ The Sacred War in Estonian (Püha sõda), 21 June 2023, retrieved 2023-06-22
- ^ The Sacred War in Latvian (Svētais karš), retrieved 2023-09-10
- ^ The Sacred War in Chinese (神聖的戰爭), 12 May 2021, retrieved 2021-05-12
- ^ The Sacred War in Korean (성스러운 전쟁), 3 June 2012, retrieved 2012-06-03
- ^ The Sacred War in Japanese (聖なる戦い), retrieved 2022-06-25
- ^ The Sacred War in Vietnamese (Cuộc Chiến tranh Thần thánh), retrieved 2023-05-09
- ^ The Sacred War in Hindi (महान युद्ध), retrieved 2023-05-11
- ^ The Sacred War in Punjabi (ਸਾਡੀ ਲੜਾਈ), retrieved 2023-07-27
- ^ The Sacred War in German (Der Heilige Krieg), 27 March 2020, retrieved 2020-03-27
- ^ The Sacred War in French (La Guerre Sacrée), 9 May 2021, retrieved 2021-05-10
- ^ The Sacred War in English (The Sacred War), 20 December 2014, retrieved 2014-12-21