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SKU: A0.1094658
Composed by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev. Arranged by Chris Gorman. Jazz,Traditional. Brass Band. 67 pages. Chris Gorman #698728. Published by Chris Gorman (A0.1094658).He "Song of the Volga Boatmen" "Yo, heave-ho!", after the refrain is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his book of folk songs in 1866. It was sung by burlaks, or barge-haulers, on the Volga River. Balakirev published it with only one verse . Ilya Repin's famous painting Barge Haulers on the Volga depicts such burlaks in Tsarist Russia toiling along the Volga. The song was popularized by Feodor Chaliapin, and has been a favorite concert piece of bass singers ever since. Bill Finegan's jazz arrangement for the Glenn Miller band took the song to No. 1 in the US charts in 1941. This arrangement Is a nod to that.
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