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Thread #151426   Message #3534223
Posted By: GUEST,Roberta Dobbins
05-Jul-13 - 11:10 PM
Thread Name: Tchaichovsky 1812 Overture: Themes
Subject: RE: Tchaichovsky 1812 Overture: Themes
Joe, the video clip for Rodina is a Russian pop song written in 1955, "Moscow Nights," which is not about the Motherland but about the quiet evenings in the vicinity of Moscow. There is a short article on Wikipedia about this song, which had some popularity in the US during the late 50s and early sixties in jazz and folk versions. This clip was entitled "Motherland, Russian Culture, and Cossack Songs". I did not listen to the whole clip but think that Rodina probably does not refer to a song title.