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התרגומים לאנגלית נעשו באמצעות המנוע "מתרגם גוגל" והתרגום הועתק לאתר בצורתו המקורית ללא עריכה נוספת
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התרגומים לאנגלית נעשו באמצעות המנוע "מתרגם גוגל" והתרגום הועתק לאתר בצורתו המקורית ללא עריכה נוספת
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Notes written by Izzy Hod: The lyrics of the original song, which was initially called, So many beautiful girls, was composed by Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach and the song was composed by, Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky, for the movie The jolly guy, by the director, Georgy Alexandrov. The movie, which is crazy musical comedy, won awards and international success. In the film, as a result of a series of mistakes and ridiculous situations, a shepherd from a collective farm becomes the conductor of a successful entertainment orchestra. In the main role, the singer and comedian, of Jewish origin, Leonid Osipovich Utyosov, who recorded the song for the film, in 1935, and stars in it. In 1958, the song was recorded a second time, by another singer, and the recording was pasted onto the soundtrack of the old film, in a higher quality, which was developed, that year. Only after the film and its associated song, was the name Heart, which is the first word of the song lyrics, accepted as the formal name of the song. In the film, a shepherd of sheep and cattle, who knows how to sing and play the shepherd's flute and the violin, is mistakenly identified as a famous musician, by a girl from the high society, who is vacationing in the vicinity of the village, and even falls in love with him. He is invited to her house for a salon party and is forced to come with a cow, which refused to stay back in the barn. The girl does not notice the amusing commotion caused by the cow and asks the maestro/shepherd to play for her audience and he does it with the shepherds' flute. When the cows and sheep, in the nearby barn, hear the sounds of the shepherds' flute, they break open the door of the barn and flood the girl's luxurious house, destroying everything in their path and enjoying the best food on the tables and the music of a small orchestra, which the shepherd conducts with his flute. As results of the commotion, the girl sends the maestro/shepherd out with a few rubles and no love and on his way out of her house he sings the song, to the girl's maid, who is the winner of this serenade. By another mistake and as a messenger of bouquets, the shepherd arrives at a concert hall where the orchestra is in trouble, the conductor is late and when he arrives, he encounters a shepherd trying to make his way out, but finds himself on the stage in front of the orchestra which is waiting for the conductor but the orchestra start to play, to the rhythm of of the shepherd movements in the attempt of fleeing away from the policemen who was asked to gat reed of the shepherd that in the meantime succeeded in the performing as a conductor with the orchestra. and then the high society girl discovers that the winner is the known shepherd. But the plot continues, and the shepherd finds himself conducting again and again and finally an orchestra in which the known maid of the high society girl appears, who turns out to be a singer. The song, Heart, in its words that are meaningful to the content of the film, but have no patriotic meaning for Russia, was used by Stalin as propaganda in front of the audience of listeners and moviegoers in the West, as proof that Russia is a world leader in film production and, in particular, that Russia is a world leader in jazz music, the style where the song first rhythm was performed, until the singer, Pyotr Konstantinovich Lashchenko, changed the style of the song to Argentine Latin tango, and the singer Utyosov also adopted Lashchenko's style, which stopped the continued presentation of the song as a representative song of the supposedly Western Russian culture. It was the propaganda for the international distribution of the film in the Western world that led to the publication of the song in the world and also in Israel. At the same time when the film and the song in it flourished, the news about the horrors taking place in the Gulag Archipelago labor camps in Russia, which resulted in the death of millions of victims from starvation, hard labor and torture. Utyosov was sent from place to place to deny the terrible truth of the atrocities of Stalin's rule with his songs including the song, Heart. Meanwhile, World War II came to Russia in 1941 and Utyosov's performances of this song and other songs were directed to the fighting front. In one of his performances in Moscow in 1982, when Utyosov surprised with his jokes about one of the generals in the Red Army, he had a heart attack and died. Utyosov won many awards and was decorated with a large number of medals of excellence. The text of the song is about love, There are many beautiful and charming girls in the world. But each one has the one that excites him and ignites a flame in him. And when you fall in love with that girl, love conquers you, you are not ready for this surprise, so every morning you replay's the following song, heart, heart, you I do not want to calm, heart that is wonderful with it not to think too much, heart with you I will cheer for love, thank you my heart that you make me love.
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The role and song in the film was performed by Leonid Utyusov accompanied by his Thea-jazz. On June 2, 1935, "Heart" and "March of the Merry Guys" were recorded on the record. The recording took place in the Column Hall of the House of Unions (the recording studio of the Gramopltrest was located in the October hall of the House of Unions, it was small for the Rock band). In 1958, for the 25th anniversary of the film, director Alexandrov re-voiced the picture using more modern technical means, and in the songs he unbeknownst Utyusov voice and replaced his voice with the voice of another singer. Since then, the film has gone exactly in this sound edition.
THE MERRY GUYS (1934). A funny musical story about the adventures of a talented shepherd-musician Kostya Potechin (Leonid Utyesov). Being accepted as a fashionable foreign tour designer, the simple-minded Kostya made a sensation in the Moscow Music Hall, so he became the conductor of the jazz orchestra, and the domestic worker Anyuta (Love Orlov)-a singer. His orchestra conducts rehearsals in preparation for the performance on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre at the funeral...The first Soviet musical comedy, which gained popularity and popular love. Songs are sung to this day, sometimes without even noticing it. Even now, the incredible adventures of the talented shepherd Kostya Potechin look fresh. Such pictures are not outdated. This is a true classic of world cinema. The film was a great success both in the USSR and abroad, where it was shown under the name "Moscow Laughs". At the II Film Festival in Venice (1934), the film won an award for directing and music and was included in the top six films in the world.
"Merry Child" is the first musical comedyfilmed in 1934 in the USSR. The film is considered a classic of Soviet comedy. The first of a series of musical comedies directed by Grigory Alexandrov and composer Isaac Dunayevsky. The first lyrical-comedy role of Love Orlova. The painting was a great success both in the USSRand abroad. In the U.S., it was titled "Moscow Laughs." Kostya Potechin works as a shepherd in the village, while he sings talentedly, plays the pipe and violin. Not far from the village, he accidentally meets a girl from a wealthy family Elena, who mistakenly takes him as a famous conductor. Elena says that she is a singer and invites the "conductor" to a party at the guesthouse, where she relaxes with her mother. Kostya falls in love with Elena, but he is secretly in love with the housekeeper Elena-Anyuta. In the evening Elena, without waiting for Kostya, sends for the conductor. But the shepherd comes before himself. He hears beautiful female singing from the boarding house and thinks that it sings Elena, but in fact it sings Anyuta. Elena invites Kostya into the house. However, he came not alone, but with his herd, which should graze. One bull is tied up for Bones and in every way prevents him from having a normal fun at a party with his lover, creating ridiculous situations. Suddenly the gramophone breaks down, and Kostya as a "maestro" is asked to play something. The shepherd plays on his pipe, and this music is heard by animals from his herd. They resort to the call of music and penetrate into the dining room of the house. There they arrange a rout and eat all the food intended for guests, and some animals get drunk with alcohol. Meanwhile, all the guests gathered in another room and do not know what is happening. Kostya and Anyuta accidentally notice one of the cows and try to drive all the animals out of the house, until other guests have not noticed them, but the animals get out of control and the whole boarding house begins a mess. At this point, the messenger returns from the real conductor, and it turns out that there was a mistake. Kostya admits that he is a shepherd and Helen's mother drives him out in anger. She states that they invited the conductor, and the shepherd is not interested in them. Frustrated Kostya leaves. He sings the famous song "Heart, you do not want peace...". He catches up with Anyut and says that Elena has just left. Anyuta tries to confess to Costa in love, but he, angry that he lost Elena, swears at Anyuta and leaves. Anyuta, whose feelings are hurt, cries. A month later, Kostya gets to the music hall. And again he is credited with someone else's role: the real conductor is late, and Kostya accidentally gets on stage. He notices Elena in the auditorium. Trying to attract her attention, Kostya gesticulates, and the musicians, thinking that he is conducting, miraculously play a masterpiece. Elena, who decided that Kostya is still a real conductor, makes an attempt to resume their acquaintance, but the mistake is again revealed and the guards are chasing The Bones. He manages to escape. Other musicians who attended the concert are delighted with Bones' talent and invite him to join their traveling orchestra, and Kostya agrees. As a result, Kostya becomes a real conductor. A year later the orchestra under his direction returns to Moscow. Because the hotel forbids noise, they rehearse at the funeral. After the funeral ceremony ends, the musicians who are late for the concert sit in the hearse. On the way under the wheels of their hearse gets Anyuta, and Kostya offers her to go with them. But when the musicians come out, the hearsman leaves Anyuta as a hostage until he is paid the promised money. After waiting for quite a long time, the coachman and Anyuta go inside the theater. Anyuta accidentally finds herself on stage. Kostya asks her to sing and recognizes the voice that he heard from the boarding house. To the accompaniment of the orchestra, they complete the program. The curtain falls, and Kostya and Anyuta confess their love to each other.
"Merry Child" is the first musical comedy filmed in 1934 in the USSR. The film is considered a classic of Soviet comedy. The first of a series of musical comedies directed by Grigory Alexandrov and composer Isaac Dunayevsky. The first lyrical-comedy role of Love Orlova. The painting was a great success both in the USSR and abroad. In the U.S., it was titled "Moscow Laughs." Kostya Potechin works as a shepherd in the village, while he sings talentedly, plays the pipe and violin. Not far from the village, he accidentally meets a girl from a wealthy family Elena, who mistakenly takes him as a famous conductor. Elena says that she is a singer and invites the "conductor" to a party at the guesthouse, where she relaxes with her mother. Kostya falls in love with Elena, but he is secretly in love with the housekeeper Elena-Anyuta. In the evening Elena, without waiting for Kostya, sends for the conductor. But the shepherd comes before himself. He hears beautiful female singing from the boarding house and thinks that it sings Elena, but in fact it sings Anyuta. Elena invites Kostya into the house. However, he came not alone, but with his herd, which should graze. One bull is tied up for Bones and in every way prevents him from having a normal fun at a party with his lover, creating ridiculous situations. Suddenly the gramophone breaks down, and Kostya as a "maestro" is asked to play something. The shepherd plays on his pipe, and this music is heard by animals from his herd. They resort to the call of music and penetrate into the dining room of the house. There they arrange a rout and eat all the food intended for guests, and some animals get drunk with alcohol. Meanwhile, all the guests gathered in another room and do not know what is happening. Kostya and Anyuta accidentally notice one of the cows and try to drive all the animals out of the house, until other guests have not noticed them, but the animals get out of control and the whole boarding house begins a mess. At this point, the messenger returns from the real conductor, and it turns out that there was a mistake. Kostya admits that he is a shepherd and Helen's mother drives him out in anger. She states that they invited the conductor, and the shepherd is not interested in them. Frustrated Kostya leaves. He sings the famous song "Heart, you do not want peace...". He catches up with Anyut and says that Elena has just left. Anyuta tries to confess to Costa in love, but he, angry that he lost Elena, swears at Anyuta and leaves. Anyuta, whose feelings are hurt, cries. A month later, Kostya gets to the music hall. And again he is credited with someone else's role: the real conductor is late, and Kostya accidentally gets on stage. He notices Elena in the auditorium. Trying to attract her attention, Kostya gesticulates, and the musicians, thinking that he is conducting, miraculously play a masterpiece. Elena, who decided that Kostya is still a real conductor, makes an attempt to resume their acquaintance, but the mistake is again revealed and the guards are chasing The Bones. He manages to escape. Other musicians who attended the concert are delighted with Bones' talent and invite him to join their traveling orchestra, and Kostya agrees. As a result, Kostya becomes a real conductor. A year later the orchestra under his direction returns to Moscow. Because the hotel forbids noise, they rehearse at the funeral. After the funeral ceremony ends, the musicians who are late for the concert sit in the hearse. On the way under the wheels of their hearse gets Anyuta, and Kostya offers her to go with them. But when the musicians come out, the hearsman leaves Anyuta as a hostage until he is paid the promised money. After waiting for quite a long time, the coachman and Anyuta go inside the theater. Anyuta accidentally finds herself on stage. Kostya asks her to sing and recognizes the voice that he heard from the boarding house. To the accompaniment of the orchestra, they complete the program. The curtain falls, and Kostya and Anyuta confess their love to each other. Originally the song was referred to by its first line as Как много девушек хороших (Kak mnogo devushek khoroshikh, So many nice girls). It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach for the 1934 Soviet film musical Jolly Fellows. The music was by Isaak Dunayevsky. The first singer of the song was Leonid Utyosov. In 1935, Pyotr Leshchenko started to sing the song in Argentine tango fashion. Although music by Leshchenko was officially disliked in the Soviet Union, the version as sung by Leshchenko gradually became the norm. In the former Soviet Union, the song is still perceived as a traditional Russian romance, whereas elsewhere in the world, the song is seen exclusively as an Argentine tango song. This tango version was always known as Сердце (Serdtse), according to the popular convention of naming a song after its chorus. But the title change may also have come due to a mistake, since Serdtse was also the title of another song in the same musical. In 1984, a collection of songs and poems by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach was published in Moscow. The text of this song was arranged in the Leshchenko fashion, but the title was quoted as Kak khorosho na svete zhit'! (How great it is to be alive!). The Russian Romance version of the song has been translated in Polish as Jak wiele jest ładnych dziewczyn. Later a native Lvivian, Yuri Hnatovsky, performed a Ukrainian version as a Dance cover-version of Yuriy Gnatkovski clip Heart featuring the Tango-club Street people.
Jolly Fellows. Yelena (Mariya Strelkova), a well-off would-be singer who can't carry a tune, mistakes shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Leonid Utyosov) for a famous Paraguayian conductor of a symphony orchestra Costa Fraschini and invites him to an elegant party held in her house. He plays his pan flute, which attracts the herd of animals from his kolkhoz to the dining tables. Yelena's servant Anyuta (Lyubov Orlova) falls for Kostya. But Kostya is attracted to Yelena, and when she turns him down following the discovery of his real identity, he is very upset. He leaves for the city to try himself as a professional musician and finds himself in many comical situations. Eventually he joins a jazz band consisting of young "jolly fellows". Kostya becomes a head of the band and it turns to be quite a challenge-not only is he supposed to manage the creative work and performances but he must also control his quick-tempered bandmates, whose fiery arguments sometimes turn rehearsals into a brawl that results in the band being turned out of the house by their landlord. Because of this the band is urged to rehearse before a forthcoming performance right in the street and even play at funerals for more practice. On a rainy evening Kostya and his band mates accidentally meet Anyuta on their way to a concert hall and take her with them. She is revealed to be an excellent singer, so she joins the band and they start to perform together successfully.
Soviet-Russian Tango: Leonid Utyosov - Serdce (Heart) 1935, Leonid Utyesov - Serdce (Heart) Tango from the film comedy “Weselyje rebiata” (The Jolly Fellows) (Mus. I. Dunayevsky), SovSong 1935 (USSR) NOTE: Leonid Osipovich Utyesov (b. Lazar Weissbein in 1895, in Odessa) was a popular Soviet-Russian jazz-bandleader, singer and performer. Beginning in 1911, Utesov worked in various theaters of miniatures and appeared on the variety stages as well, mainly as a reciter. Later he performed in such theaters as the Moscow Terevsat (Theater of Revolutionary Satire) and the Svobodnyi Theater. Since 1929 he has led a variety orchestra that he organized himself, which promoted in Soviet Russia jazzy style of performing the popular tunes. Known for his mellow, warm baritone, he also recorded as a singer. He was used by the Stalinist propaganda as their musical icon for the Western audience, proving, Soviet Russia is a “leading nation” also in jazz and film operettas. Therefore, enormous propaganda machinery assisted the worldwide promotion of the movie comedy “The Jolly Fellows” (1934) in which Utyesow and Lyubov Orlowa sing many beautiful songs, composed by Dunayevski, in that number one of the greatest international hits ever composed in the Soviet Russia - tango Serdce (Heart). This really cheerful and well-written comedy with great music (played in the film by a team of Leonid Utyosow) was supposed to be a propaganda cover for the atrocities taking place at that time in Stalinist Russia - such as development of the Gulag Archipelago, with millions of victims or provoked by Stalin famine in Ukraine, costing millions more victims who were dying in unspeakable agony. During World War II, Utyosov was mobilized and he performed for Soviet soldiers on the front. See the Soviet propaganda – song recorded by him in the Soviet-Army occupied Austria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrJ7h... A darling of Soviet ruling elites, Utyesov was awarded numerous medals e.g. the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and many others. He died of heart attack in 1982, while he was relating a joke to some general in a Soviet resort.
Soviet megastar Leonid Utyosov - The Danube Waves, c. The Danube Waves (old Viennese waltz) -- Leonid Utyosov & Gosudarstviennyi estradnyi orkiestr RSFSR (The State Estrada Orchestra of the Russian Soviet Federal Republic), Aprelevskij Zavod c. 1947 (Soviet Union) NOTE: This upload is in a way, continuation of my film about post-war Vienna, remaining under the Soviet occupation and portrayed in the memorable Carol Reed's 1949 movie "The Third Man" (with awesome musical theme played on zither by Anton Karas). Here -- on occassion of the 63rd anniversary of the last Sovier soldier who left territory of the Soviet occupational zone in Austria in October 1953 -- I want to make one more musical comment to that historical fact. Here is the rare Soviet recording from the time of Russian occupation of Austria, made by Leonid Utyesow -- one of the most popular artists in history of the Soviet Union. To the melody of old Viennese waltz "The Danube Waves" he sings with his charming baritone, a Soviet propaganda text about brave Red Army "warriors" who, in their march across Europe, finally came to the blue waves of Danube, bringing people of Vienna "freedom and happiness". Luckily, after several years of that "freedom and happiness" - which meant for the Viennese people years of poverty, corruption, black market, secret police's surveillance -- Austria was given back the real gift of freedom, when the Russians finally moved out (see my large info note about it, attached to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMzRx... Leonid UTYOSOV or Utesov (b.1895, Odessa -- d.1982, Moscow; real name Lazar Weissbein) singer, comic actor and jazz bandleader, popular in the Soviet Union in 1920s through 1950s. In his performances, Utyosov delivered a variety of musical styles, including American jazz, Argentine tango, French chanson, upbeat dance, and Russian folk music. His popularity was on the rise in the 1930s when he co-starred with actress Lyubov Orlova in the comedy Jolly Fellows. In it, Utyosov performed a great international tango-hit "Serdtse" (Heart), composed by his friend Isaac Dunayevsky. During World War II, Utyosov was mobilized and he performed for Soviet soldiers on the front lines. He lived in Moscow for the rest of his life. Utyosov was the typical estrada entertainer - quick witted, versatile, and funny. He resembled his idol, Ted Lewis ("Is everybody happy?"). Utyosov was not only one of the stars of the 1930s but also a personal favorite of Stalin.
Tango outside of Argentina, Russian Tango : Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Leschenko In the following articles I would like to introduce the history of Argentine Tango outside of Argentina through its most famous proponents, starting with the appearance and subsequent decline of the Russian singer Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Leschenko, who was considered the "King of Russian Tango". Leschenko was born in Isagewa/Odessa on July 2nd 1998 and died July 16th 1954 in a prison camp near Bucharest in Romania. Singing mostly in Russian he recorded ten LP¹s in Riga/Lithuania and in the UK. A few years ago a group of tango researchers in Berlin discovered and later reproduced on CDs his greatest successes. But maybe we should start at the beginning...Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Leschenko is the "King of Russian Tango". From the 1930s up to the 1950s no other Russian emigrant singer could be compared to him in popularity. Not only was he famous abroad, but also in Russia. though not a single recording of his music was officially released in his own country. Leschenko - that meant a one man musical counter-revolution, unsuited to accompany the construction of communism. People listened to his songs, anyway. In secret. His records had to be smuggled in. They arrived from the Baltic states, from England and Germany, and they were bootlegged in Russia onto so-called "ribs" - used X-ray plates. Long before Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Leschenko died in a penal camp near Bucharest in July 1954, he had become a legend. A legend whose fascination remains unbroken. It's hard to penetrate the thicket of rumours and propaganda that has been growing about the person behind this voice. He was born on June 2, 1898 in the small village of Isaewa in South Russia, not far from Odessa, of an unmarried mother. His father was only speculated about. The most picturesque theory hints at the local big landowner. With his stepfather, Leschenko moved to Kischinow in Bessarabia, a part of Russia since 1873. The teachers of the village school became aware of Pjotr's gifted musicality, his voice and his perfect ear. He learned to play the guitar without taking lessons. The First World War turned him into an emigrant against his own will: Russia’s neighbour, Rumania, took advantage of the circumstances and swallowed up this part of Russia. In January 1918 Rumanian troops occupied Bessarabia, and overnight Pjotr Leschenko became a citizen of Rumania. Never having learned a conventional profession he had to rely on his talents in music. Together with his Latvian wife Zinaida, a dancer, he performed a mixture of ballet and folklore. The couple caused a sensation and set off on tour: to Egypt, Palestine, Persia, Turkey. In Berlin they performed at the Russian Restaurant "Tari Bari" in Charlottenburg. But Leschenko’s breakthrough as a singer happened in Riga. Zinaida was expecting a baby, so he had to perform without her - and he started to sing: he sang songs of the Russian Gypsies, songs that everyone in the audience was quite familiar with, but he sang with a voice and an interpretation that caught on. And not only with his Russian audiences. A wave of enthusiasm swept Leschenko through Europe. He travelled through Yugoslavia, performed in Vienna, Paris and - following Lady Laudley’s wish - even in England. In 1935 Leschenko reached the peak of his success. There was no need for him to travel around to find his audience - his fans came from afar to see him: they came to Bucharest to the "Leschenko", his place which was called the "Maxim of the East". Leschenko hired the finest musicians for his orchestra. The program always started with the Gypsy songs, but the second set presented a different Leschenko on stage: a man in tuxedo, with a white silk handkerchief. Then it was time for the tangos, most of which were exclusively composed for him. The Second World War marked his decline. In August 1944 Rumania declared war on Germany, a short time later the Red Army moved into Bucharest. Their commanding officer, General Bulganin, became Leschenko’s patron. From then on Leschenko sang every night for the Red Army officers who felt most privileged finally to have the chance to see the living legend on stage. When Stalin began to draw in the reins in Moscow, Bulganin had to go. The "Leschenko", the restaurant of the "white emigrant", was put into liquidation. Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Leschenko fell under the wheels of sovietization: Stage bans, only a few concerts. He was arrested on stage in his Gypsy dress, and died on July 16, 1954 in the sick bay of a camp not far from Bucharest. Russians all over the world kept him in mind - with love and devotion. And record collectors in Russia kept his original 78's and all the bootlegs, which was dangerous in times of the Soviet regime. We would like to thank Uli Schumann (Links) for his kind permission for the use of this material.
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