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Notes written by Izzy Hod: Dark night, is a song, one of the most famous in Russia and the whole world, to this days. This is one of the songs of the Second World War in Russia and was heard for the first time officially, in 1943, as an accompanying song, of the war movie, Two soldiers, the good, unhurried and solid hero-"Sasha Svintsov from Uralmash" and the temperamental joker-from Odessa Arkasha Dzhiovin. The plot of the movie, Two Soldiers is about two people who became soldiers at the same time, in World War II and participated in the battles near Leningrad, in 1941. One of the two soldiers, confessed to his friend that he had a beloved girl at home and the friend, although he promised to keep it a secret , tells the other members of the unit, about this beloved and even mocks her. The soldier who confesses his love is very angry, the friendship is broken and he is transferred to another unit. In one of the battles, the confessing soldier is seriously injured and taken to a hospital, and then his mocking friend finds himself close to his bed, to help him in his recovery. More than that, he even corresponds with the girlfriend of the wounded friend, in the name of the wounded unconscious soldier and friend, so that the relationship between them is preserved and in the further course of the battles, the roles change and the wounded friend, who returned to his unit after recovery, saves his friend who mocked his love, from danger of death, and the friendship and brotherhood of the warriors returns. The scene of the song, Dark Night, takes place in a combat position dug into the ground, on the edge of a city that the soldiers are supposed to protect, the night is still quiet and rain is falling and dripping into the combat position and the soldiers are busy writing letters to their relatives in the rear. One warrior has no relatives back at home and has no one to write to, yet he sings as if he is writing, to a female figure he would like for himself back at home. The warriors around, find in the song the soft words that are lacked in the tough combat position they are in and they copy the words of the song that was just thrown into space, into the letters they write. The song was first denounced by the administration, claiming that it harmed the morale of the fighters, by evoking longing for home in the rear. The war administration preferred cult songs and patriotic songs rather than intimate songs. The history of the song's writing is such that, during the war in the city of Tashkent, which was facing evacuation due to the advance of the Nazi German army, the freaked out film director, Leonid Davydovich Lukov, could not find the way to describe the event in an underground combat position and in his desperation turned to the film's composer, Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky and he sat down at the piano, asked to hear what the director thought about the event and composed on the spot, in a very short time, one of the most famous pieces in the entire world. Within few hours the poet, Vladimir Garievich Agatov, who happened to be on that day visiting his family in the city, was at the same time on his way to the train station from visiting his family who had been evacuated to Tashkent, was friendly kidnapped from the station and wrote the words of the song, which to this day, touch the hearts of everyone who hears them. There was a lot of media noise when it turned out that the song was leaked from the studio, by the composer of the song, Nikita Bogoslovsky himself, who showed the initial sketch of the song to the famous singer Leonid Osipovich Utyosov, in Moscow, who was then on his way to perform for soldiers at the front. Leonid Osipovich, who was not asked to refrain from recording the song, included the song in his repertoire and even recorded it before it appeared in the film and even before it was officially recorded and published, for the film, by the film's singer [Mark Naumovich Bernes]. Actor, Boris Fyodorovich Andreyev was immediately approved for the role of Sasha Svintsov, because Leonid Lukov knew him well, even before the war in 1939, in his film "Big Life". But a competition was organized for the role of Arkasha Dzhiovin. Among two dozen candidates, they were about to decide between the actors Pyotr Martynovich Aleynikov and Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov. Mark Naumovich Bernes was not invited to the audition at all. But he begged Lukov not to ignore him and Mark Bernes was indeed chosen for the role and approved. Yevgeny Osipovich Gavrilovich the screenwriter later wrote about the actors, they taught me in their bold but restrained way of playing that you cannot break Russia with battle cries and not with the noise of tank chains, because in a moment of truth, like in their game in the movie, with a submachine gun in their hand and a helmet on their head, The Russian warrior didn't feel the frost, didn't shy away from crossing a raging river, didn't even shy away from death and that's how he will win... Bernes, who was barely accepted to play in the movie, was a huge surprise in his performance. I saw him in pop situations, in the Odessa dialect, and then suddenly, according to the content of the script, I saw a different personality - a huge domineering, humane and militant, who spoke about the strength of people against tanks and guns and the sure victory of such strength. The film has forever become the hallmark of Mark Burns, for whom he received the Order of the Red Star from the government, and the title, Honorary Resident of Odessa, from the citizens of Odessa. The lyrics of the song tells, The night is dark only a whistle of bullets is heard in space, the soldier describes in a bunker dripping with water, the stars peek through the clouds and the wind blows on the wires like on a string. You are at home by the crib and your eyes that I love so much are crying. I want so much to touch your eyes with my lips. When I went to war, you kissed me and said you are my love, therefore in you I believe and know that you will protect me from all evils, so I am not afraid here in the war even now when the death around me hovers like an eagle from its nest. I know you're currently at the crib so no rifle bullet will hit me, I'll know how to avoid rifle bullets.
For the film "Two Fighters" urgently needed a song, which the hero of Mark Bernes fighter-Odessa Arkady Jubin had to sing to his comrades in the dugout. The music was written by the impromptu Nikita the theologian. The poet Vladimir Agatov, who arrived on a phone call, also impromptuly created the text. That same night, Bernes recorded a phonogram, and the next day the episode was filmed. However, even before the film was released on the screen, Leonid Utyusov learned about the song and included it in his repertoire. Therefore, it was decided to write another song to the hero urgently - and "Shalands full of mullet" were written. Subsequently, Agatov landed in Stalin's camps, from where he came out with the onset of Khrushchev's "thaw."
Dark is the Night (Тёмная ночь, lit. Dark Night) is a famous Soviet song associated with the Great Patriotic War. It was originally performed by Mark Bernes in the 1943 war film Two Soldiers. The song was composed by Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913-2004), lyrics by Vladimir Agatov specially for the film Two Soldiers. But Leonid Utyusov, without knowledge and without permission of authors and film unit, recorded the song, thus becoming the first to do so. But it was exactly Bernes' performance that made it so popular. In the film, Bernes is a soldier who recalls his wife and baby at night while singing the song. The official experts were keen to accuse Bogoslovsky of propagating "Philistine" sentimental tunes. Though ostracized by the authorities, the song became a symbol of the war years for millions of Soviet people. Dark Is the Night has been described as "a gentle lyrical song imbued with a feeling of homesickness and expressing devotion to one's beloved "which helped" reveal the personal side of army life, indiscernable in the roar of warfare". It contrasted sharply with the prevalent type of war song, which was either a field marching song or a civil patriotic one.
The plot, Two Fighters. It was 1941. It was a year of heavy and intense fighting on the Leningrad front. A strong friendly spike helped the fighters in difficult moments of fierce battles. Deep combat friendship connected and machine gunner Arkady Dzyubin, a welder from Odessa, with the Ural steelworker Sasha Svintsov. But once friends seriously quarreled: having received another one-day vacation, they walked around Leningrad. A little embarrassed, Sasha confessed to his friend that in the city he has a friend of the girl Tashya, who invited him to visit. All evening, while the friends were visiting Tasi, Arkady did not stop for a moment. He told funny stories, joked and sang, and Sasha sat in silence all the time. When Arkady and Sasha returned late at night to their military unit, it turned out that during their absence there was a heavy battle, and many of the soldiers died. To cheer up the fighters, Arkady with his inherent wit tells his comrades the story of "unhappy" Sasha love. Lead is deeply offended by a friend's joke, and they quarrel, but this quarrel separates friends for a while. It boils hot battle, and Jubin protects THE DOT from the attacking opponent. The fighter performs the task, but he is seriously wounded. Risking his life, Sasha carries a wounded friend from the battlefield.
The first imprint of the album with a version of Ivan Kozlovsky's song was spoiled by the tears of the employee, which the song hooked on the soul.
Dark night, MUNICIPAL BUDGETARY INSTITUTION, City House of Culture "Rodi, Song history, In 1942, at the Tashkent Film Studio, which became the focus of filmmakers and theater workers, director Leonid Lukov shot the film "Two Soldiers". The picture told about the strong front-line friendship of two soldiers, the good-natured, unhurried, solid hero - "Sasha from Uralmash" and the temperamental joker and joker - from Odessa Arkasha Dzyubin. Boris Andreev was approved for the role of Sasha Svintsov right away, because Leonid Lukov knew him well, he shot him even before the war in 1939, in his film Big Life. But a competition was organized for the role of Arkady Dzyubin. Among two dozen applicants, the candidacies of Pyotr Aleinikov and Nikolai Kryuchkov were discussed. Mark Bernes was not invited to audition at all. But he begged the director and was approved. From the memoirs of Evgeny Gabrilovich about the actors: “He was sitting, sitting, talking, getting angry and smiling, this Ural guy Sasha from Uralmash, and it suddenly became clear to the limit, not in words, not in phrases, but in the whole system of this slowness, this slow handwriting of gestures, movements, expression of eyes, that such Russia cannot be broken either by shouting or by tanks. Since such a guy got up, took a machine gun, pulled down his helmet, then he has no frost, no rivers, no death, he will win ... Bernes turned into an unexpected side in the picture. I saw pop, Odessa dialect, then right there, nearby, as if in one line, in one running stream, I saw another - vast and significant, human and soldier, which (again without tanks and explosions) spoke of the strength of the people and a sure victory ". The songs in this film were not planned at first. However, the director soon demanded from Nikita Bogoslovsky a lyric ballad for the scene in the dugout. From the memoirs of Nikita Bogoslovsky: “One late evening the director of the film, Leonid Lukov, came to me and said:“ You see, I just can't get a scene in a dugout without a song. ” And so amazingly staged, as if, in an actor's way, played this still nonexistent song, that a miracle happened. I sat down at the piano and played the entire tune of "Dark Night" without stopping. It was with me the first (and, obviously, the last) time in my life ... The poet Agatov, who came instantly at the request of Lukov, here very quickly, almost without blots, wrote poetry to the already finished music. " Mark Bernes, who has always taught songs for months, prepared "Dark Night" in literally 15 minutes. The song was recorded, and in the morning they were already filming a scene in a dugout to the soundtrack of this song ... The film has forever become the hallmark of Mark Bernes, who received the Order of the Red Star from the government for him, and the title of "Honorary Resident of Odessa" from the citizens of Odessa. The film “Two Soldiers” was released on the screens of the USSR on October 6, 1943, and came to the front at the end of the year. By this time, literally all the front-line soldiers knew the song "Dark Night": even before the film was released, Nikita Bogoslovsky had seen Utesov in Moscow on his way to the front. Leonid Osipovich, having heard "Dark Night", included the song in his repertoire and even recorded it on a disc before it appeared in the film.
Song "Dark Night". Story. Notes. Video, Posted on April 4, 2021 by Sergey Grigoriev, On April 4, Soviet composer Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913-2004) passed away. The song "Dark Night" by Nikita Bogoslovsky on verses by Vladimir Agatov. History of creation. Bogoslovsky Nikita Vladimirovich (1913-2004), Soviet composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1983), author of more than 300 songs, including "Mounds Sleep", "Favorite City", "Dark Night", "Scows Full of Mullets", "Romance Roshchina "," I dreamed of you for three years ", etc. It's hard to believe, but this song, which everyone, young and old, knew during the war, was born completely unexpectedly. In 1942, director Leonid Lukov, at the Tashkent Film Studio, shot the film "Two Soldiers". The picture told about the strong front-line friendship of two soldiers - the Ural steelmaker Sasha Svintsov and the Odessa welder Arkady Dzyubin. These roles were played by the wonderful artists of Soviet cinema Boris Andreev and Mark Bernes. According to the director's plan, the film was to be accompanied only by symphonic music. But in the course of filming, Lukov felt that he could not do without a song. “You see, I can't get a scene in a dugout without a song,” he admitted to composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, who wrote the music for the film. And the director began to explain how this song seemed to him and why it was needed here. - Lukov outlined the situation so visibly, - the composer recalls, - so vividly conveyed the feelings of the heroes, their inner state, so excitedly and talentedly told the theme of the song and its mood, that a miracle happened: I sat down at the piano and immediately, without stopping, played him a melody future song, which later entered the film without a single change. The case in my practice is unprecedented. The song came by itself, from somewhere in the depths of consciousness. The poet Vladimir Agatov also quickly and successfully formed poems to this music. Everyone liked them. Agatov Vladimir Garievich (1901-1966, real name - Velvl Isidorovich Gurevich), Soviet playwright and songwriter, author of the lyrics for the songs "Tea House", "Three Minuets", "Chess" to the music of Y. Hayt, "Lenin" to the music S. Pokrass, "Dark Night", "Scows", "Our Love" to the music of N. Bogoslovsky, "Friends" and "Remembrance" to the music of M. Blanter, "Home" to the music of A. Lepin, etc. The film "Two Soldiers" was completed in October 1943. But before that, "Dark Night" had become widely known.“Even before the filming was over, I was sent to the front to help the front-line ensembles,” N. Bogoslovsky says. And only then did I find out how it happened. The fact is that I, overwhelmed with impatience, frivolously showed the song to my old friend Leonid Utesov, without warning that it was from an unfinished film, and he began to sing "Dark Night" everywhere, and first of all at the fronts, where he often traveled with concerts. The song from the film "Two Soldiers" was performed by I. Kozlovsky and many other masters. But in our memory it is inextricably linked with the name of the wonderful interpreter of the songs of Soviet composers, People's Artist of the RSFSR, laureate of the USSR State Prize Mark Bernes. When the film "Two Soldiers" was released, the outstanding Soviet film director Vsevolod Pudovkin wrote in Pravda: will sing his melodies. " Pudovkin was right. "Dark Night" has received universal acclaim. It was sung everywhere - at the front and in the rear, by infantrymen and sailors, partisans and paratroopers, workers and collective farmers. More than three and a half decades have passed since the film was made. And, of course, this picture, which once enjoyed great and well-deserved success, now rarely appears on our screen. But the song from the film is sung to this day. Source: Lukovnikov A.E. Friends-fellow soldiers. Moscow, 1980. SONG "DARK NIGHT". HISTORY OF CREATION. The protagonist of the movie "Two Fighters" - Arkady Dzyubin (Mark Berenes) sings the song "Dark Night" You, of course, remember these footage ... A short minute of silence at the front. Low dugout. Soldiers write letters to their loved ones. The rain falls monotonously into a tin can suspended from the ceiling, and from the noise of the falling drops the melody of a sad song gradually emerges: A dark night, only bullets whistle across the steppe, Only the wind hums in the wires, the stars twinkle dimly. Only one Arkady Dzyubin does not write a letter: he has no relatives, no, except for Sasha Svintsov, close friends, and Sasha is nearby. And what he has no one to write about yet, he sings in his song - quietly, sadly and tenderly: I believe in you, in my dear friend, This faith kept me from a bullet on a dark night ... He sings for himself and at the same time for his front-line comrades - we see how their faces brighten, we feel how this song makes people even closer to each other in a cold and anxious night ... Yes, Mark Bernes sang well, and his song was not at all a plug-in number in the picture. No, the song about a dark night is by no means a divertissement, it is very necessary here - in order to better understand who he is, this cheerful Odessa citizen Arkady Dzyubin. Does he talk a lot, makes jokes, jokes? Yes. But this man, in the words of the poet, “in a lump of grief is not a laugh,” his gaiety is of a special, complex nature. He, as it were, voluntarily assumed the obligation to vigilantly monitor the mood of his comrades. Therefore, Arkady has a mischievous song about "scows full of mullets" brought to Odessa by a cheerful and adored by all Kostya the fisherman. Just imagine: there is a ring of war around, next to it is cold, harsh Leningrad, and in the song is spring, chestnuts are blooming and the sea is turning blue ... While working on the role, Bernes in the hospital met a Black Sea sailor who was wounded in the battles for Odessa. From him, the artist adopted the manner of a peculiar dialect with strongly softened hissing, with slightly melodious intonations. However, this is not the most important thing that Bernes caught, talking with the sailor. The main thing is that he understood, felt the very essence of his hero: it is not important that his Arkady is from Odessa, it is important that he is a Soviet citizen and fights for the city of Lenin as selflessly as for his dear Odessa, where also “grief and blood "That in his heart he is with all his country, native and unique ... The film "Two Soldiers" was filmed in 1942 in Tashkent. Composer Nikita Bogoslovsky claims that the melody of "Dark Night" was formed literally in one breath, instantly, that it took him as long as the song is playing now. Director Leonid Lukov recalled how late at night they fought over a song about a dark night, how they repeated the recording ten times, but everything was “not right,” everything lacked a special soulfulness, penetration, and lyricism. And finally Bernes managed to achieve that unique, inimitable sound that the director, composer and poet Vladimir Agatov were looking for. They went out into the street when dawn had already dawned over the city, and stopped shocked: some people, obviously workers of the film studio, were already humming their newly born song. This morning began the long life of "Dark Night". It was sung in trenches and dugouts, mentally addressing family and friends: "You are waiting for me and you are not sleeping by the crib ..." And they sang it over cribs too, because in small, darkened cities this song helped a lot to wait. And then there was Victory, but the triumphant procession of "Dark Night" continued, it flew around the entire globe. And when Ivan Semenovich Kozlovsky, having come to visit the leader of the American working class, William Foster, at the end of the conversation asked him: “What would you like to hear? I will gladly sing for you ", Foster asked:" Sing "Dark Night", we love this song in America ... " Perhaps, this could be the end of the story about an amazing song created during the years of the most difficult trials. Just one more small detail. Shortly after Dark Night was played, it was recorded in a gramophone studio. When they began to test the plate, a kind of wheezing was heard. We took the second disc - the same thing. They put the third, fifth, seventh - marriage. It turned out that the matrix was corrupted: the technician, while recording the song, was crying bitterly, and the matrix was abundantly watered with her tears ...
Story:The history of the creation of the popularly beloved song "Dark Night" is very interesting. In 1943, while working on the famous film "Two Soldiers", director Leonid Lukov could not film an episode of a soldier writing a letter. Frustrated by the many unsuccessful attempts, the director suddenly came up with the idea that the stage decoration could be a song that conveys the feelings of a fighter at the time of writing a letter to his family. Without wasting a minute, Leonid Lukov hurried to the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky. Having supported Lukov's idea, Nikita Vladimirovich, after 40 minutes, offered his friend a melody. After that, both came to the poet Vladimir Agatov, who, in turn, wrote the legendary poem in a couple of hours. So, to the music of Nikita Bogoslovsky and words to Vladimir Agatov, thanks to the idea of Leonid Lukov, the favorite and still song "Dark Night" was created. Sung by the performer of the role of the protagonist Mark Bernes, "Dark Night" will forever remain in the memory of the Soviet people. By the way, after the song was recorded, the scene of writing the letter in the dugout was successfully filmed from the first take. But the story of the song's creation does not end there either. The first matrix of the disc suffered from ... the tears of a factory worker who could not contain her feelings while listening to the song performed by Ivan Kozlovsky. So, "Dark Night" came out only from the second matrix. who could not contain her feelings while listening to the song performed by Ivan Kozlovsky. So, "Dark Night" came out only from the second matrix. who could not contain her feelings while listening to the song performed by Ivan Kozlovsky. So, "Dark Night" came out only from the second matrix. Author: Ekaterina Elizarova, Source: http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive. Performers : Even before the film was released, L. Utyosov, having received the notes of the song from N. Bogoslovsky, recorded it on a disc (1943). However, it is the interpretation of Mark Bernes, distinguished by amazing sincerity and sincerity, that is considered classic. Mark Naumovich Bernes (September 25 [October 8] 1911 - August 16, 1969) - Soviet film actor and performer of songs. Other performers of this song: Ivan Kozlovsky, Pyotr Leshchenko, Vladimir Nechaev, Nikolai Shchukin, Georgy Vinogradov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Muslim Magomayev, Joseph Kobzon, Sofia Rotaru, Anatoly Mokrenko, Ivan Rebrov, Boris Grebenshikov, Bi-2, Fyodvor , Sergey Trofimov, Yan Osin, Andrey Makarevich, Maxim Leonidov, Dmitry Khoronko, Khelavisa, Dima Bilan, Sergey Efremenko, Basta, Noize MC, Zemfira, Victoria Daineko, Russian size, Markscheider Kunst, Sergey Kuprik, Alexander Gorodnitsky, Igor Sklyar.
Songs of the Roads of War. Nighty night, Vladimir Kalabukhov, HISTORY OF THE SONG, "DARK NIGHT" Songs of the front roads - they are special. "Dark Night" is considered one of the most beloved and popular songs written during the Great Patriotic War. The history of the creation of this wonderful song is told by the collector and connoisseur of such musical and poetic works on the Internet Dmitry Kashelkin and the author of the music, composer Nikita Bogoslovsky. The song "Dark Night" has a very interesting history of origin. In 1943, during the work on the film "Two Fighters", the director of the picture Leonid Davidovich Lukov (1909 - 1963) had difficulties with shooting an episode where a soldier writes a letter home. After many unsuccessful attempts, the director came up with the idea that the song performed by the hero of the film would best convey the feelings of a fighter who writes a letter to loved ones. Wasting no time, Leonid Lukov turned to the composer Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (1913 – 2004) and the poet Vladimir Garievich Agatov (1901 – 1966). In just a few hours, legendary poems were written, which were then sung both at the front and in the deep rear. A little later, the music was ready. The nationally beloved military song "Dark Night" became after its performance by Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911 - 1969), who, in the role of Arkady Dzyubin - the main character of the picture, an Odessa fighter - sings it at night with a guitar, in a dugout with a leaking roof, surrounded by front-line comrades. From the memoirs of Nikita Bogoslovsky: "One late evening the director of the picture Leonid Lukov came to me and said: "You see, I can't get a scene in the dugout without a song." And so amazingly staged, exactly, in an actor's way, played this still non-existent song that a miracle happened. I sat down at the piano and played the whole melody of "Dark Night" without a single stop. This was the first (and obviously last) time in my life...The poet Agatov, who arrived instantly at the request of Lukov, very quickly, almost without marks, wrote poems on ready-made music. Mark Bernes, who always learned songs for months, prepared "Dark Night" in just 15 minutes. The song was recorded, and in the morning they were already filming a scene in the dugout to the phonogram of this song..." The film forever became the hallmark of Mark Bernes, who received the Order of the Red Star from the government, and the title of "Honorary Resident of the City of Odessa" from odessans. The film "Two Fighters" was released on the screens of the USSR on October 6, 1943, he got to the front at the end of the year. By this time, the song "Dark Night" was known to literally all front-line soldiers: even before the release of the film, Nikita Bogoslovsky met Utyosov in Moscow on the way to the front. Leonid Osipovich, having heard "Dark Night", included the song in his repertoire and even recorded it on a record earlier than it sounded in the film. Therefore, it was decided to urgently write another song to the hero - and "Shalands full of mullets" were written. It is worth noting that after the recording of the song "Dark Night", the shooting of the film went much easier - the scene with the letter was shot from the very first take. But the story of the song "Dark Night" does not end there. When recording the song on gramophone records, the first batch of records was defective - an extraneous noise was heard. As it turned out, the first matrix was spoiled by tears by a technician who could not restrain himself when listening to the song. After the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the "Dark Night" began its triumphal march around the world. When Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky (1900 – 1993), one of the singers of the song, came to visit the leader of the American Communist Party, William Foster, he asked if he would like to listen to the Soviet song in live performance. William replied that he would love to listen to the song "Dark Night" and that it was loved in America. After the first edition on gramophone records in 1943, Leonid Utesov recorded several more studio phonograms both on records (in 1954 and in 1958) and on magnetic recordings (in 1958 and 1967), but the audience will forever remember the performance of the song in the interpretation of Mark Bernes, which is distinguished by its sincerity and amazing sincerity…The film "Two Fighters" was shot in 1942-1943 in Tashkent. Composer Nikita Bogoslovsky claims that the melody of "Dark Night" was formed literally in one breath, instantly, that it took him as much time as the song sounds now. Director Leonid Lukov recalled how late at night they fought over a song about a dark night, how they repeated the recording ten times, but everything was "wrong", everything lacked a special soulfulness, lyricism. And finally Bernes managed to achieve that single, unique sound, which the director, composer, and poet Vladimir Agatov were so looking for. They went outside when dawn had already dawned over the city, and stopped shocked: some people, obviously employees of the film studio, were already singing their newly born song. From this morning began the long life of "Dark Night". She was sung in the trenches and dugouts, mentally addressing her relatives and friends: "You are waiting for me and do not sleep at the crib ..." And over the cribs, she was sung too, because in small, darkened cities, this song helped a lot to wait...DARK NIGHT Dark night, only bullets whistle across the steppe, Only the wind buzzes in the wires, dim stars twinkling. On a dark night, you, beloved, I know, do not sleep, And at the crib you secretly wipe away a tear. How I love the depth of your tender eyes, How I want to snuggle up to them now with my lips! A dark night separates us, beloved, And a disturbing, black steppe ran between us. I believe in you, in my dear friend, This faith kept me from a bullet in the dark of night...Joy to me, I am calm in mortal combat, I know, you will meet me with love, no matter what happens to me. Death is not terrible, we met it more than once in the steppe. And now she's circling over me. You are waiting for me and do not sleep at the crib, And therefore I know: nothing will happen to me! In addition to Bernes and Utyosov, the song was sung with great success during the war by Kozlovsky and Georgy Pavlovich Vinogradov (1908 - 1980) with the Red Banner Ensemble. Both in the post-war years and nowadays, this popular work is to the liking of many artists, musical groups, and, most importantly, veterans and us, listeners. On the Internet you can find many video clips of the song "Dark Night". It, for example, is sung by: – Mark Naumovich Bernes, People's Artist of the RSFSR (fragment of the film "Two Fighters");- Ivan Kozlovsky, People's Artist of the USSR (performed at the front in 1944) – Joseph Davydovich Kobzon (1937 – 2018), People's Artist of the USSR, accompanied by the Academic Twice Red Banner, Order of the Red Star of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army; – Dmitry Alexandrovich Hvorostovsky (1962 – 2017), opera singer (baritone), People's Artist of the Russian Federation; – Elena Vladimirovna Vaenga (born 1977), pop singer, winner of the "Chanson of the Year" awards. Watch the video clip and listen to the song "Dark Night" performed by Sergey Vyacheslavovich Trofimov (born 1966), Honored Artist of the Russian Federation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWqlhG_a-A. Based on materials of Internet sites. return to the content of the collection "Songs of the Roads of War" is http://www.proza.ru/2015/02/16/1876. 2015 – 2020, © Copyright: Vladimir Kalabukhov ,2015, Certificate of Publication No. 215111101733.
Soundtimes.ru. Dark night. Very often, the best episodes of Soviet war films were musical scenes in which touching and sincere songs sounded. An example of such a composition is "Dark Night" from the movie "Two Soldiers". Even if you have never watched the picture of Leonid Lukov from beginning to end, you probably saw how Mark Bernes in the image of Arkasha Dzyubin sings a lyrical ballad about his loved ones. Over the years, this song has received a whole lot of interpretations, which only confirms the greatness of the work. Read the history of the creation of the song " Dark Night ", as well as interesting facts, text and content of the composition on our page. Short story. "Two Soldiers" is a work from a galaxy of those films that were filmed in the evacuation, at the Tashkent studio. This place was the focus of filmmakers and theater workers who sought to create something new. Hence - a rather free form of narration and intonation, more characteristic of the "Thaw" cinema. The novelty was that, despite the presence of a plot about two friends-front-line soldiers, the film is a series of military everyday life, romantic sketches, conversations of friends. On the other hand, Leonid Lukov tried to make every scene memorable. The composition "Dark Night", lyrically sounding in the film, fully corresponded to these goals. Film "Two fighters". The song became a musical accompaniment to the scene taking place in the dugout. Curiously, no songs were originally planned for this film, only an orchestral soundtrack accompanying the image. However, when the shooting began to come to an end, the director caught fire with the idea that the song sung by the main character of the film would ideally convey the feelings and experiences of a fighter who writes a letter to his relatives. The director immediately demanded that Nikita Bogoslovsky write a musical accompaniment that could reflect what was planned. The composer later recalled that one evening Lukov came to him and said: “You see, it’s impossible to make a scene in a dugout without a song.” And the director described the scene and the song that was in his head so artistically, in bright colors, that a miracle happened: Bogoslovsky sat down at the piano and played the entire melody of the composition that did not yet exist. And it was a truly unique case in the composer's biography - after all, in just a few minutes he managed to create a melody that all the people would love in the future. They immediately called the poet Vladimir Agatov, who immediately arrived and, sitting at the edge of the table, by morning wrote, almost without blots, the text to the already finished music. author of the text of the song "Dark Night" Vladimir Agatov. The "Dark Night" became popular in 1943, after the audience heard it from the lips of Mark Bernes. The most singing star of Soviet cinema, in the role of Arkady Dzyubin - the main character of the tape - sings the composition at night with a guitar, in a dugout with a leaking roof, being surrounded by front-line comrades. In this song, one of the first to sound was the voice of not even a simple, but a private person, who could be imbued with every viewer and listener. The artist, who usually had a hard time remembering and reproducing compositions, prepared "Dark Night" in 15 minutes, after a sleepless night on filming. And before recording the song, a funny thing happened: the company, having appeared in full force at the studio, found itself in front of a locked sound pavilion. I don’t think for long, they broke the lock and recorded a hit that they will perform for 75 years. The very next morning, the scene in the dugout was filmed to the soundtrack of a new piece of music. Thus, only one take was required for both the recording of the composition and the shooting of the episode. But the story of "Dark Night" is not limited to this. Even before the premiere of the film, Nikita Bogoslovsky had the imprudence to show the notes of the song to Leonid Utyosov, whom he had known since childhood. He, without the knowledge and permission of the creators of the song, recorded the composition on a disc and included it in his repertoire. Thus, for a large audience, the very moment of surprise was lost. On the other hand, it was Bernes's interpretation, characterized by incredible soulfulness and sincerity, that became one of the most revered and performed among the songs written during the Great Patriotic War. Interesting Facts. In addition to the original performance in the film "Two Soldiers", Mark Bernes recorded five more studio soundtracks. The last tape recording was made in 1967. According to the results of a survey conducted in 2015 by the Russian Reporter magazine, the text of "Dark Night" took 25th place in the "Top 100 Most Famous Poetry Lines in Russia", which includes, among other things, Russian and world classics. The motion picture "Two Soldiers" has become forever the "calling card" of Bernes. For this film, the Soviet government awarded the actor with the Order of the Red Star, and Odessans - with the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Odessa." At the same time, it is interesting that the actor comes from Nizhyn and before filming the film, he had never encountered colorful Odessa residents. Colleagues on the set even whispered that Bernes would be replaced with a real Odessa citizen. However, the director in the role of joker Arkasha Dzyubin did not see anyone else - and he did not lose. Bernes matched the character from "Two Soldiers" so much that even a friend of Yevtushenko once said: "Like in a real Odessa, there is something French in him." The composition "Dark Night", despite popular love, also has an unusual sound that makes it related to famous French hits. When recording the song on gramophone records, the first batch turned out to be defective - a rustle was noticeably heard. The fact is that the tears of a studio worker who could not restrain herself when listening to such a heartfelt military song fell on the first wax matrix. Despite the fact that it was a loss for the state, and the girl was almost accused of wrecking in production, Nikita Bogoslovsky, as the author, was very pleased that the song touched the person so much. "Dark Night" is one of the most classic songs about the Great Patriotic War - it is significant that it is not forgotten by any of the next generations of artists creating in different genres. Over the years, Georgy Vinogradov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Iosif Kobzon, Sofia Rotaru, Boris Grebenshchikov, Andrey Makarevich, Bi-2, Basta and many other performers gave their interpretation of the composition. In addition to "Dark Night", in the hearts of compatriots, another song from the film "Two Soldiers" - "Scavs full of mullets" forever responded. Stylized as an Odessa street song, the composition made a splash in Soviet society. Under the title "Ciemna dziś noc", the song in the author's translation by Julian Tuvma gained popularity in Poland in the 1950s and 1960s. The Cheyanda vocal and instrumental ensemble, pop singer Vera Gran and the owner of a unique baritone Mieczysław Fogg repeatedly caused applause from the halls, performing this composition. When Ivan Kozlovsky, one of the song's many performers, came to visit US Communist Party leader William Foster, he invited the latter to listen to live Soviet music. The American politician answered him that he would love to listen to "Dark Night", and that in the United States this composition is very popular. The song "Dark Night" can be heard not only in the film by Leonid Lukov, but also in many other films, and not only about Soviet classics. For example, in the vampire comedy 30 Days Till Dawn, the song is heard during the retreat of the SS Viking soldiers. And in the modern Russian film story "The Last Doll Game" there is an episode when children play war and, when depicting a dugout, they begin to sing "Dark night, only bullets whistle across the steppe". "Dark Night" is one of the most famous Soviet military songs, which at the same time speaks of the private experiences of an ordinary person in the war. She surprisingly accurately conveys the deep feelings that the soldiers experienced during the difficult years of bloody battles: feelings of great love for their families, as well as feelings of boundless gratitude to them for their support, patience and faith. The voice of Mark Bernes in this composition is distinguished by special penetration and lyricism, spiritual anxiety. He embodied the recognition of the priority of common human values with a special confidential intonation. The words and motif of "Dark Night" are simple enough, and perhaps that's why millions of people stuck it out. After the release of the film on the screens, the composition sounded everywhere: in front-line dugouts and trenches, in hospitals and at impromptu concert venues, performed by members of front-line artistic brigades and ordinary people. In the deep rear, the wives of the fighters rocked the children to the sound of this melody, repeating, like a prayer, the verses: “How I love the depth of your tender eyes ...”. Thinking of fathers, sons and husbands..." Dark Night " became the high point of Mark Bernes, and it was not an artistic triumph, but a triumph in the hearts of people. The song coincided with the mood and feelings of compatriots so much that even after decades it remains important and relevant. In addition, despite the simple verses, she anticipated the very forms that Soviet listeners did not yet know, but which years later became "pop". A decade later, Yves Montand sang the same simple and heartfelt songs on the French stage, and Bulat Okudzhava during the “thaw”, but it was Bernes, Bogoslovsky and Agatov who did this earlier and during the war years, when she was so needed. Today, the composition continues to be drunk by many performers and constantly sound from television screens. 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One Song Story - "Dark Night". HISTORY OF THE SONG "DARK NIGHT" The songs of the front roads are special. "Dark Night" is considered one of the most beloved and popular songs written during the Great Patriotic War. Dmitry Kashelkin, a collector and connoisseur of such musical and poetic works on the Internet, and composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, the author of music, tell about the history of the creation of this wonderful song. The song "Dark Night" has a very interesting history of origin. In 1943, while working on the film "Two Soldiers", the director of the film, Leonid Davidovich Lukov (1909 - 1963), had difficulty filming the episode where the soldier writes a letter home. After many unsuccessful attempts, the director came up with the idea that the song performed by the hero of the film would best convey the feelings of a fighter who writes a letter to loved ones. Wasting no time, Leonid Lukov turned to the composer Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (1913 - 2004) and the poet Vladimir Garievich Agatov (1901 - 1966). In just a few hours, legendary poems were written, which were then sung both at the front and in the rear. A little later, the music was ready. The military song "Dark Night" became popularly loved after its performance by Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911 - 1969), who, in the role of Arkady Dzyubin - the main character of the picture, an Odessa soldier - sings it at night with a guitar, in a dugout with a leaking roof, surrounded by front-line comrades. From the memoirs of Nikita Bogoslovsky: “Late one evening, the director of the film, Leonid Lukov, came to me and said: “You see, I can’t get a scene in a dugout without a song.” And so amazingly staged, as if, in an actor's way, he played this song that still does not exist, that a miracle happened. I sat down at the piano and played the entire melody of "Dark Night" without a single stop. This was the first (and obviously the last) time in my life... The poet Agatov, who arrived instantly at the request of Lukov, here very quickly, almost without blots, wrote poems to the already finished music. Mark Bernes, who has always been learning songs for months, prepared "Dark Night" in just 15 minutes. The song was recorded, and in the morning they were already filming a scene in a dugout to the soundtrack of this song " The film forever became the hallmark of Mark Bernes, who received the Order of the Red Star from the government for him, and the title of “Honorary Citizen of Odessa” from Odessa citizens. The film "Two Soldiers" was released on the screens of the USSR on October 6, 1943, and went to the front at the end of the year. By this time, literally all front-line soldiers knew the song "Dark Night": even before the release of the film, Nikita Bogoslovsky, on his way to the front, met Utyosov in Moscow. Leonid Osipovich, having heard "Dark Night", included the song in his repertoire and even recorded it on a record before it sounded in the film. Therefore, it was decided to urgently write another song for the hero - and "Scavs full of mullet" were written. It is worth noting that after the recording of the song "Dark Night", the shooting of the film went much easier - the scene with the letter was filmed from the first take.
But the story of the song "Dark Night" does not end there. When recording a song on records, the first batch of records turned out to be defective - extraneous noise was heard. As it turned out, the first matrix was spoiled by the tears of a technician who could not help listening to the song. After the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, "Dark Night" began its triumphal march around the world. When Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky (1900 - 1993), one of the song's performers, came to visit the leader of the American Communist Party, William Foster, he asked if he would like to hear a Soviet song performed live. William answered him that he would love to listen to the song "Dark Night", and that in America they are very fond of it. After the first release on gramophone records in 1943, Leonid Utyosov recorded several more studio phonograms both on records (in 1954 and 1958) and on magnetic recordings (in 1958 and 1967), but the audience will forever remember the performance of the song in the interpretation of Mark Bernes , which is distinguished by its sincerity and amazing sincerity. The picture "Two Soldiers" was filmed in 1942 - 1943 in Tashkent. Composer Nikita Bogoslovsky claims that the melody of "Dark Night" was formed literally in one breath, instantly, that it took him as much time as the song sounds now. Director Leonid Lukov recalled how late at night they fought over a song about a dark night, how they repeated the recording ten times, but everything was “not right”, everything lacked special spiritual penetration, lyricism. And finally, Bernes managed to achieve that one, inimitable sound that the director, the composer, and the poet Vladimir Agatov were looking for. They went out into the street when dawn was already breaking over the city, and they stopped shocked: some people, obviously workers of the film studio, were already singing their newly born song. From this morning began the long life of the "Dark Night". It was sung in the trenches and dugouts, mentally addressing relatives and friends: “You are waiting for me and you don’t sleep by the crib ...” And they sang it over cribs too, because in small, darkened cities this song helped a lot to wait ... DARK NIGHT Dark night, only bullets whistle across the steppe, Only the wind hums in the wires, the stars twinkle dimly. In the dark night you, my love, I know you do not sleep, And at the crib you secretly wipe away a tear. How I love the depth of your tender eyes, How I want to press my lips to them now! Dark night separates, my love, us And the disturbing, black steppe lay between us. I believe in you, in my dear friend, This belief kept me from a bullet in a dark night ...I am glad, I am calm in mortal combat, I know you will meet me with love, no matter what happens to me. Death is not terrible, we met with it more than once in the steppe. And now she is spinning over me. You are waiting for me and do not sleep at the crib, And so I know: nothing will happen to me! In addition to Bernes and Utesov, Kozlovsky and Georgy Pavlovich Vinogradov (1908 - 1980) sang the song with great success during the war years with the Red Banner Ensemble. Both in the post-war years and today, this popular work is liked by many artists, musical groups, and, most importantly, veterans and us, listeners. You can find many video clips of the song "Dark Night" on the Internet. For example, they sing it: - Mark Naumovich Bernes, People's Artist of the RSFSR (fragment of the film "Two Soldiers"); - Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky, People's Artist of the USSR (performed at the front in 1944); - Iosif Davydovich Kobzon (1937 - 2018), People's Artist of the USSR, accompanied by the Academic Twice Red Banner Order of the Red Star Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army. A.V. Alexandrova; - Dmitry Alexandrovich Hvorostovsky (1962 - 2017), opera singer (baritone), People's Artist of the Russian Federation;
- Elena Vladimirovna Vaenga (born 1977), pop singer, winner of the Chanson of the Year awards. Watch the video clip and listen to the song "Dark Night" performed by Sergei Vyacheslavovich Trofimov (born 1966), Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
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