Russian music - sheet music or scores

Subject: RE: Russian music - sheet music or scores
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 21 May 12 - 12:42 PM

To my surprise, google found me a Mudcat page for scanned-in Russian folk music.

http://mudcat.org/russiansongs/index.cfm

Take a look at some of the gif's, oilman.

Subject: RE: Russian music - sheet music or scores
From: Stringsinger
Date: 21 May 12 - 12:25 PM

The Birch Tree and Red Sarafan are lovely songs. I love the Pianitsky Chorus, the Alexandrov Chorus and the Red Army Chorus tunes such as "The Whirlwind". (Ti Postoi).

Gyedete Ulyetse is another pretty tune.

Russians are great with melody like the Irish.

Lara's Theme is not Russian but composed I believe by Maurice Jarre, a movie writer.

Subject: RE: Russian music - sheet music or scores
From: Jack Campin
Date: 20 May 12 - 06:28 PM

I have "The Peddlers" (aka the Tetris theme) in my Nine Note Tune Book:

http://www.campin.me.uk/Music/Chalumeau.abc

Subject: Russian music - sheet music or scores
From: GUEST,oilman
Date: 20 May 12 - 05:41 PM

I've been working in Russia lately and had a certain amount of exposure to Russian folk music. Leaving aside the whole issue that Russian ideas of "Russian music" are somewhat different from Western ones, it occurred to me that since a balalaika is typically tuned EEA, that isn't so very different from the two middle strings of a mandolin or tenor banjo ( at least one in the "Iris"h GDAE tuning ).

So, I'm looking for sheet music, mandolin or banjo tabs or whatever anyone has? I'm particularly looking at a couple of tunes, "The Peddlers" and "Gari Gari" on the basis that they are so immediately recognisable and seem fairly simple structurally.

I suppose "Lara's Theme" would be the "Duelling Banjos" or "When I'm Cleaning Windows" of the genre...