*** FOREWORD to this edition ***

Anthology of Compositions for Button Accordion. Part III
Anthologie des compositions pour l'accordéon bouton. Partie III

Language: Russian-English
Number of pages: 190

Difficulty level: Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced

Bass: FREE and STANDARD

Content:

V.Motov. Russian Dance

Moldoveneasca . Moldovan folk dance. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Shalayev
(available for accordion DUO here)

N.Chaikin. Hutsul Dance

Ye.Glebov. Fantasy / Fantasia

V.Kuznetsov. Playing in a Saratov way

G.Shenderyov. Russian Dance

To Ne Veter Vetku Klonit ("It is not the Wind that Bends the Branch"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Surkov

Yury Shishakov. Concert Piece on Austrian folk melodies

G.Shenderyov. Round Dance (*Khorovod)

V.Vlasov. At the Fair

K.Myaskov. Russian Dance

K.Myaskov. Ukrainian Dance


Two Russian folk songs:

Prikhodite, Gosti, k Nam ("Come to Visit Us, Be Our Guests"). Arranged for accordion (bayan) by P.Londonov

Komariki, Komarochky Moi ("My Tiny Ones, Weeny Gnats"). Arranged for accordion (bayan) by P.Londonov


U Vorot, Vorot ("At the Wicket Gate"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Timoshenko

Ya Na Kamushke Sizhu ("I'm Sitting on a Stone"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Timoshenko

Utushka Lugovaya ("Ducky-Duck from the Grassland"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Timoshenko

V.Vlasov. At the Evening Party

V.SOMKIN. Variations on the Russian folk song Nedelka ("A Week")

Korobeyniki ("Peddlers"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by I.Panitsky

Ye.Derbenko. Fantasy on the Russian folk song A Ya Po Lugu ("I'll Walk in the Meadow")

Nashchiplyu Ya Khmelyu ("I Will Pluck a Bit of Hop"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by Yu.Naymushin

Yikhav Kozak Za Dunay ("Cossack rode beyond the Danube"). Ukrainian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by V.Gridin

Akh, Vy, Seni, Moi, Seni ("Ah, My Inner-Porch"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Timoshenko

Kak u Babushki Kozyol ("Grandma's Billy-Goat"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Na Yun Kin

U Golubya Sizogo ("Slaty Dove has a Golden Head"). Russian folk song. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.Na Yun Kin

Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (Qurmanǵazy Saǵyrbaıuly). Adai. Arranged for accordion (bayan) by A.GAISIN

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Anthology of Compositions for Button Accordion. Part IX	Anthology of Compositions for Button Accordion. Part X

Video demo: Ye.Glebov. Fantasy.
Performed by Gomel Accordion Quartet
(The piece in this edition is for Accordion SOLO)

Video demo: V.Kuznetsov. Playing in a Saratov way.
Performed by Vladimir Parsanov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: G.Shenderyov. Russian Dance.
Performed by F.Lips, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: A.Surkov. "To Ne Veter Vetku Klonit". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by A.Surkov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: V.Vlasov. At the Fair.
Performed by Vladimir Besfamilnov, accordion (bayan)
(The piece sounds til 2:40)

Video demo: V.Vlasov. At the Fair.
Performed by Andry Sokolvak, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: K.Myaskov. Ukrainian Dance.
Performed by Yekaterina Fazylbayeva, accordion (bayan)
(Attention! The piece sounds till 5:11)

Video demo: P.Londonov. "Komariki, Komarochky Moi". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by Lada Adamova, accordion

Video demo: A.Timoshenko. "U Vorot, Vorot". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by Yevgeny Kochetov, accordion

Video demo: A.Timoshenko. "Utushka Lugovaya". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by Sergey Bedny, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: V.Vlasov. At the Evening Party.
Performed by Vladimir Besfamilnov, accordion (bayan)
(The piece sounds from 2:42 till 8:05)

Video demo: V.Somkin. "Nedelka". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by Andrey Kolmakov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: I.Panitsky. "Korobeyniki". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by Sergey Kozedub, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: Yevgeny Derbenko. Fantasy on the Russian Folk Song "A Ya po Lugu" (I'll Walk in the Meadow) .
Performed by Vasily Mashtakov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: V.Gridin - Yikhav Kozak Za Dunay ("Cossack rode beyond the Danube"). Ukrainian folk song.
Performed by Olexy Murza, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: V.Gridin. "Yekhal Kazak Za Dunai". Arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song.
Performed by Yuri Sidorov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: Alexandr Na Yun Kin. "Kak u Babushki Kozyol" (There Lived a He-Goat at Grandmother's), Russian Folk Song .
Performed by Alexandr Krupin, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: Alexandr Na Yun Kin. "Kak u Babushki Kozyol" (There Lived a He-Goat at Grandmother's), Russian Folk Song .
Performed by Olzhas Nurlanov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: A.Na Yun Kin. "U Golubya Sizogo". Arrangement of a Russian folk song.
Performed by Arkady Shkvorov, accordion (bayan)

Video demo: Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (Qurmanǵazy Saǵyrbaıuly). Adai.
Performed by Damir Sultanov, accordion (bayan)

FOREWORD to 1986 year Anthology III edition
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Part Three of the "Anthology of Compositions for Button Accordion" contains folk tunes as arranged by this country's professional composers and accordion players in the fifties, sixties, and seventies — conventional adaptations of songs and dances and concertante-style paraphrases by both renowned masters and younger talented musicians, resident in different republics and provinces of the USSR.

It is incontestable that the modern button accordion has been integrated into the sphere of what can be described as sophisticated chamber music, so the present-day stage in cultivating the instrument admits of judging by the standards applicable to the whole of contemporary art music. For all that, the button accordion is by no means divorced from its folk roots — it is still truly popular with the masses. That is why widely known songs and dances, notably unpretentious arrangements of traditional folk tunes, are absolutely indispensable to the accordionist's repertoire * .

Here is some information about the composers and arrangers presented in this volume of our Anthology.

Motov, Vladimir Nikolayevich (b. 1925), concert performer, teacher, composer. Graduated from the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, — in accordion-playing (under S. P. Velikov and N. Ya. Chaikin) in 1953, and in composition (under T. N. Khrennikov, V. Ya. Shebalin and L. N. Naumov) in 1956. Honoured Contributor to the Cause of Culture of the RSFSR (1971). For many years, Instructor at the Gnesins Secondary School of Music and the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow. — Pedagogical writings. Original compositions and arrangements for button accordion.

Shalayev, Anatoly Andreyevich (b. 1925), concert performer, composer, conductor. Graduated from the class of A. B. Goldenweiser (piano) at the Central Secondary Music School, Moscow (1941). Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1963). Touring throughout the country and abroad under the auspices of the MOSCONCERT Agency, Moscow, notably as a member of the MOSCONCERT Button Accordion Duet (with N. A. Krylov). — Numerous pieces of music for button accordion (arrangements and originals, solo and duet).

Chaikin, Nikolai Yakovlevich (b. 1915), composer, teacher. Graduated from the Kiev Conservatoire in 1940 — in composition (under L. N. Revutsky, V. S. Kosenko and B. N. Lyatoshinsky) and in piano-playing (under A. N. Lufer). Member of the USSR Composers' Union (since 1944). Honoured Master of the Fine Arts of the RSFSR (1980). From 1951 to 1964, Instructor at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow. Since 1964, on the staff of the Gorky Conservatoire: Instructor (until 1972) and, subsequently, Professor. — Choral music; numerous compositions for symphony orchestra, Russian folk instruments orchestra, wind band, light orchestra; ensemble and solo pieces for various instruments. "A Course in Playing from Orchestral Score (Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra)".
His works for button accordion have constituted a highly importand chapter in the history of accordion music.

Glebov, Yevgeny Alexandrovich (b. 1929), composer, teacher. Graduated from the class of A. V. Bogatyryov (composition) at the Byelorussian Conservatoire, Minsk, in 1956. Member of the USSR Cormposers' Union (since 1955). National Artist of the USSR. State Prize of the Byelorussian SSR (1970). Professor of Composition at the Byelorussian Conservatoire, Minsk. — Opera Your Spring; four ballets; five symphonies; oratorios, cantatas, choral music; Concerto for voice and orchestra; lieder, songs; film music; compositions for folk instruments.

Kuznetsov, Vladimir Ivanovich (b. 1920), concert performer. Graduated from the class of M. G. Lyunkov (button accordion) at the Perm Secondary School of Music. Third Prize in the 4th RSFSR Competition of Variety Performers (1964)— with the gusli-player V.Tikhonov. Touring under the auspices of the LENCONCERT Agency, Leningrad.— Original compositions and arrangements of folk songs and dances for button accordion.

Shenderyov, Georgy Grigoryevich (1937-84), composer, concert performer, teacher. Graduated from the Simferopol Secondary School of Music in 1958 — in accordion-playing (under V. M. Kravchenko) and in composition (under N. V. Zhornyak). Continued his studies in the class of N. Ya. Chaikin (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow. Member of the USSR Composers' Union. Performer for the Yalta Philharmonic Society (solo and accompaniment). Several years' teaching experience.— Compositions for Russian folk instruments orchestra; originals and arrangements for button accordion.

Surkov, Anatoly Alexeyevich (1919-83), teacher, concert performer. Graduated from the class of S. P. Velikov and N. Ya. Chaikin (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1953. Honoured Master of the Fine Arts of the RSFSR (1973). Since 1973, Assistant Professor at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow. — Numerous pedagogical writings. Arrangements of folk tunes for button accordion.

Shishakov, Yury Nikolayevich (b. 1925), composer, teacher. Graduated from the class of M. F. Gnesin (composition) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1948. Member of the USSR Composers' Union (since 1949). Honoured Master of the Fine Arts of the RSFSR (1971). On the staff of the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow: Instructor (1948-77), Head of the Department of Folk Instruments (1966-74), Professor (since 1977). — Two symphonies; a symphony for Russian folk instruments orchestra; an oratorio (Songs of the Village of Shushenskoye); numerous solo compositions for piano, harp, various folk instruments (balalaika, domra, button accordion, gusli); ensemble pieces; vocal music, etc. A manual of instrumentation for Russian folk instruments; a number of pedagogical writings.
His orchestral, ensemble and solo compositions for Russian folk instruments have become indispensable to the instrumentalists' repertoire.

Vlasov, Victor Petrovich (b. 1936), composer, teacher, concert performer. Graduated from the class of M. D. Oberyukhtin (button accordion) at the Lvov Conservatoire in 1963. Acting Assistant Professor at the Odessa Conservatoire. — Film music; original compositions and arrangements of folk melodies for button accordion.

Myaskov, Konstantin Alexandrovich (b. 1921), composer, concert performer. Graduated from the class of K. F. Dankevich (composition) at the Kiev Conservatoire in 1952. Member of the USSR Composers' Union (since 1958). — Choral works; songs; instrumental music, incl. numerous pieces of music for button accordion (solo, trio, and quartet); two concertos for button accordion and orchestra.

Londonov, Pyotr Petrovich (1928-81), composer. Graduated from the class of Ye. I. Messner (composition) at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1957. For a long period, Head of the Editorial Department of Music for Folk Instruments of the Sovetsky Kompozitor Publishing House, Moscow. Member of the USSR Composers' Union (since 1971). Honoured Master of the Fine Arts of the RSFSR (1978). — Compositions for Russian folk instruments orchestra; choral works; piano music; Concerto for fixed-bass/ freebass button accordion and Russian folk instruments orchestra; solo pieces of music for button accordion (a sonata, numerous contrapuntal compositions, studies, arrangements of folk tunes).

Timoshenko, Alexander Afanasyevich (b. 1942), composer, teacher. Graduated from the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1971 — in accordion-playing (under V. P. Kuzovlev) and in composition (under Yu. N. Shishakov). Instructor at the Voronezh Institute of the Arts. — Orchestral and solo compositions for Russian folk instruments.

Somkin, Vladimir Ivanovich (b. 1949), concert performer, composer. Graduated from the class of B. M. Yegorov (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1974. Musical Director of the Lel Russian Folk Group at the Philharmonic Society of the Moscow Region. — Songs; compositions for button accordion; orchestral and ensemble pieces for Russian folk instruments.

Panitsky, Ivan Yakovlevich (b. 1906), concert performer, teacher. Honoured Artist of the RSFSR. First Prize in the National Competition of Performing Musicians (Folk Instruments) in Moscow (1939). — Numerous arrangements of Russian folksongs for button accordion.
His indefatigable pioneering activities have greatly contributed to the cause of consolidating the position of the button accordion in the concert hall. In the thirties, he was the first to skilfully adapt traditional songs for the instrument.

, Yevgeny Petrovich (b. 1949), composer, teacher. Graduated from the class of A. N. Gus (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1973; he had also been studying (optionally) composition — under Yu. N. Shishakov. Instructor at the Oryol Secondary School of Music (since 1974). — Orchestral, ensemble and solo compositions for Russian folk instruments.

Naymushin, Yury Nikolayevich (b. 1948), composer. Graduated from the class of A. Ye. Onegin (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1973, and from the class of S. A. Balasanyan (composition) at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1978; postgraduate studies at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow (under N. I. Peiko), with a learned composer's qualifications received in 1984. Member of the USSR Composers' Union (since 1982). — Compositions for symphony orchestra; choral music; pieces for wind band; orchestral and solo compositions for Russian folk instruments.

Gridin, Victor Fyodorovich (b. 1943), concert performer, conductor, composer. Graduated from the class of V. P. Kusovlev (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1982. Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Musical Director of the Rossiya Folk Company; solo performances on the company's concert programmes. — Compositions for Russian folk instruments orchestra; music for guitar; original compositions and arrangements of folk tunes for button accordion.

Na Yun Kin, Alexander (b. 1954), concert performer, composer. Graduated from the class of Yu. T. Akimov and A. A. Surkov (button accordion) at the Gnesins Institute of Music, Moscow, in 1979. Member of the orchestra at the Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Choir. — Original compositions and arrangements of folk tunes for button accordion.

Kurmangazy Sagyrbayev (1806[1818?]-1879 [1889?]), a virtuoso musician, who had made himself a name as one of the best composers (and performers) of kyuis — heterophonic instrumental pieces peculiar to the musical culture of the Kazakhs, traditionally played on the two-stringed plucked instrument called dombra (the stress is on the second syllable. — V. Y.). Kurmangazy's kyuis, which were programmatic (descriptive), reflected the real life of the Kazakh people; they had a great impact on the development of the art of music in West Kazakhstan. At present, the kyui compositions are also performed as arranged for symphony orchestra, for a group of folk instruments, for a European instrument (e. g., piano or violin), or for choir, etc. Kurmangazy's Adai Kyui is arranged for button accordion by Anatoly Mubaryakzanovich Gaisin (b. 1952), prizewinner in an international performers' competition, Instructor at the Alma-Ata Conservatoire.

* Some of the compositions chosen for the present publication are, as a matter of fact, original concert pieces, with folk melodies employed as themes which undergo development within the framework of a self-dependent structural conception. Yet the bulk of the volume is constituted by folk-songs arranged in a fairly straightforward and unassuming manner.

The title of each song, which, in most cases, is incidentally none other but the opening line of the lyrics, is transliterated (viz., romanized) and, in brackets and quotation marks, rendered into English by means of what might be referred to as "equirhythmic translation", that is to say, a translation which conveys not only the meaning of the original but also its metre (i. e., arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables). The same applies to the two previous volumes of the Anthology (Part One: Moscow 1984; Part Two: Moscow 1985).— V. Y.
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