Romance "White Acacia": a song that simultaneously became the unofficial anthem of the "whites" and "reds". Fragrant bunches of white acacia ... The history of the romance of White acacia fragrant bunches

THE WHOLE NIGHT THE NIGHTINGALING WHISTLED TO US
Romance from the movie "Days of the Turbins", 1976

Music by V. Basner
Words by M. Matusovsky

All night the nightingale whistled to us,
The city was silent and silent at home ...
They drove us crazy all night long.

The whole garden was washed by spring showers,
There was water in the dark ravines.
God, how naive we were
How young we were then!

Years have flown by, making us gray-haired ...
Where is the purity of these living branches?
Only winter and this white blizzard
Remind them today.

At the hour when the wind rages furiously,
With new strength I feel:
Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Irrevocable, like my youth!
Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Unique as my youth...

From a 1990s songbook

Influenced by popular romance early 20th century "White acacia fragrant clusters"<1902> Whole night NIGHTINGALE U.S. whistling
Romance of k/f "Days of Turbin", 1976

Music V. Basner
Words M. Matusovsky

The whole night we Nightingale whistled
City silent and silent house ...
Acacia clusters of fragrant
Night long we demented.

The garden was full Umyt spring rains,
In dark ravines standing water.
God, as we were naive,
As we were young then!

Years have flown, gray us making...
Where is the purity of these branches of the living?
Yes only winter snowstorm this white
Today resemble them.

In the hour when the wind is raging furiously
With renewed power, I feel:
Acacia clusters of fragrant
Unrecoverable, as my youth!
Acacia clusters of fragrant
Unique, as my youth ...

Songwriter of the 1990s

Created under the influence of popular romances of the early 20th century "White acacia clusters of fragrant"

Fragrant bunches of white acacia
First published in 1902 in the series "Gypsy Nights" without indicating the name of the author of words and music. Later it was published as a "famous gypsy romance" edited by Varia Panina and musically arranged by A. M. Zorin, but also untitled. Nevertheless, it is believed that the basis of the text is a reworking of Pugachev's poem. But in some sources, Volin-Volsky is called the author of the text (his romance to the music of M. Sharov "A tear clouds my eyes" is known), and the author of the music is M. Sharov or A. Lutsenko.
The version about the authorship of Pugachev, who owns more than three dozen romances to music by M. K. Steinberg, J. de Bothari and other romance composers, remains the most stable.
Many of these romances entered the repertoire of the most famous pop singers as "gypsy". The most popular romance "White Acacia Fragrant Clusters" was performed by Yuri Morfessi. chant used in revolutionary song"We will boldly go into battle." Recorded in the 20th century folklore variants .
From here

Nadezhda Obukhova


Alla Bayanova

Boris Shtokolov

Evgeny Shalya and Andrey Shilov (guitar)

Modern variation-stylization
Music by Venimanin Basner, lyrics by Mikhail Matusovsky
Ludmila Senchina

Oleg Pogudin

From the movie "Days of the Turbins"

white locust. Sung in different versions

Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Full of fragrance again
The song of the nightingale resounds again
IN quiet radiance, the radiance of the moon.

Do you remember, in the summer under a white acacia
Have you heard the song of the nightingale?
Quietly whispered to me wonderful, bright:
"Darling, forever, forever yours!"

Years have long passed, passions have cooled,
Youth life has passed...
Delicate scent of white acacia
I will never forget, never forget!

Arranged by Yuri Morfessi

white acacia
fragrant branches
They breathe with the delight of spring,
Quietly spread
Nightingale song
In pale sparkle
The sparkle of the moon.

Do you remember at night
Among white acacias
Trills rushed the nightingale,
Gently snuggle
You whispered to me, languid:
"Believe forever
I'm yours forever"?

Time has flown by
And merciless old age
They sent us years
But flavor
fragrant acacias
I can't forget
Never forget.

Mikhail Matusovsky

All night the nightingale whistled to us
The city was silent and silent at home
Fragrant bunches of white acacia

Fragrant bunches of white acacia
All night long they drove us crazy
The garden was washed all over by spring showers
There was water in the dark ravines
God how naive we were
How young we were then
Years rushed by making us gray
Where is the purity of these living branches

Remind them today
Only winter and this white blizzard
Remind them today
At the hour when the wind is raging furious
With renewed vigor I feel
Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Irrevocable like my youth
Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Unique as my youth

Internet illustration. Collage by Vladimir PASTUKHOV

You can listen to the romance performed by the chamber-vocal ensemble of teachers on the page in the list concert numbers, located after the "favorites" list.

Around the history of the creation of this romance, controversy still does not subside. Is it poetry by Mikhail Matusovsky, the author of music is Veniamin Basner or someone else? Whose acacia, sung in the romance: Odessa, Moscow, Kiev? There are many versions, but none stand up to scrutiny.

Starting the filming of the TV movie "Days of the Turbins", Vladimir Basov turned to his favorite poet-songwriter Mikhail Matusovsky with a request to write memorable words of a romance especially for this film. Moreover, such that they emphasize the leitmotif of the mood of the heroes of Mikhail Bulgakov's play "Days of the Turbins" and in places of his own novel " white guard", so that the viewer is immediately mentally transported to the events of the civil war and to the long-suffering Kyiv-city, tormented by the endless change of authorities ...

Matusovsky offered Basov one of their favorite romances, The Fragrant Clusters of White Acacia, which, having been born back in 1902, having successfully survived several alterations of the text, lived to October revolution. The words of the original source, most likely, were written by the poet A. A. Pugachev and set to music by the composer A. Zorin ( real name- A. M. Tsimbal).

For the first time, the words of this romance were published in 1902 in the collection "Gypsy Nights" without indicating the names of the authors of words and music, and therefore disputes about the authorship of this work still do not stop. In the summer of 1903, the St. Petersburg Musical Printing House of V. Bessel and Co. in the series “Gypsy Songs of N. P. Lyutsenko” already published a clavier of the romance “with vocal parts for tenor and soprano” accompanied by piano.

The romance became more and more popular. Its text and notes were published with the subtitle "famous gypsy romance edited by Varia Panina and musically arranged by Zorin", but still remained nameless.

During the First World War, a melody famous romance used the people, creating and completely replacing the text, a soldier's patriotic song, which began with these words:

Heard, grandfathers, - the war
started
Quit your business, go camping
get ready.
We will boldly go into battle for
Holy Rus'
And as one shed blood
young

The volunteers of the army of the tsarist general A. I. Denikin, having remade and supplemented the verses of this song, made it the anthem of their Volunteer Army, which in 1919 was sung in Kiev, which they captured.

Her text from different words singing on opposite sides of the barricades, both white and red. And, of course, each in his own way.

Grandparents heard - the war began,
Quit your business, go camping
get ready.
We will boldly go into battle
for the power of the Soviets
And as one we die
In the fight for it.

A lot of time has passed ... the Great Patriotic War. And only in the middle of the 70s the authorities allowed the film adaptation of this "ideologically harmful" work. Vladimir Basov also carefully read Bulgakov's The White Guard. The director was imbued with his mood, the unique atmosphere of the City. Then he turned to the poet M. Matusovsky.

Starting filming, V. Basov remembered that at the time when the action takes place in the film; was a popular romance "White acacia fragrant clusters." The melody over the years has changed beyond recognition. The rhythm of the romance, which formed the basis of the revolutionary song "Let's Boldly Go to Battle," also became marching.

The director wanted the themes of these two songs to sound in the film as a response, an echo, as a distant memory of those years. The next birth of a new-old romance began immediately after the premiere of the TV movie.

One day, Lyudmila Senchina came to the dacha of Veniamin Basner with a request to write melodies for several new songs for her. The composer offered her a new full version"White acacia". Here are the first and fourth verses of the romance.

Whole night the nightingale to us
whistled
The city was silent and silent at home.

They drove us crazy all night long.

At the hour when the wind is raging
frantically,
With new strength I feel:

Irrevocable, like my youth.

Since then, the triumphal procession of the romance "Fragrant bunches of white acacia" began throughout the country. In any corner of our fatherland at that time, one could hear the sad and heartfelt lines of the romance about youth and love, about the flowering acacia and the great City ... This romance has already outlived all its creators and has become truly popular.

The romance is presented in the key of E-minor, which is favorable for singing. Its melody is very conveniently sung in two voices: it can be performed in a duet female voices- soprano, alto, and it also sounds beautifully performed by soprano and tenor. The special harmonic beauty of the melody is given by the almost intuitively adjusted thirds in the second voice in the verse and the wide and beautiful sounding sixths in the refrain while singing.

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There are many versions of the origin of the famous romance "The Fragrant Clusters of White Acacia". The first version of this romance was published in 1902 in the collection "Gypsy Nights" without indicating the authors of words and music.
In the summer of 1903, in the St. Petersburg publishing house V. Bessel and Co.'s Musical Printing House, in the series Gypsy Songs by N. P. Lyutsenko, a romance clavier "with vocal parts for tenor and soprano" appeared. The romance was gaining popularity. The text and notes were subtitled "the famous gypsy romance edited by Varia Panina and musically arranged by Zorin", but there were still no authors. There were such words in it then

Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Full of fragrance again
The song of the nightingale resounds again
In the quiet glow of the wonderful moon!

Do you remember the summer, under the white acacia
Have you heard the song of the nightingale?
Quietly whispered to me wonderful, bright:
"Darling, forever, forever yours."

Years have long passed, passions have cooled,
The youth of life has passed
White acacia scent gentle,
I can't forget, never forget...

The performance of Yuri Morfessi (1882-1957) received the greatest popularity after his significant creative processing. The romance began to be called simply "White Acacia":

white acacia fragrant branches
They breathe with the delight of spring,
The song of the nightingale quietly spreads
In a pale sparkle, the sparkle of the moon.

Do you remember at night among the white acacias
Trills rushed the nightingale,
Gently clinging, you whispered to me, languid:
"Believe, forever, forever I'm yours"?

Time has flown by, and merciless old age
They sent us years
But the scent of fragrant acacias
I can't forget, never forget.

Gramophone records with recordings of "White Acacia" performed by Panina, Vyaltseva, Sergeeva, Emskaya, Morfessi and the Sadovnikov brothers quickly spread to all cities of the vast country and even went into exile with their owners.

But the transformation of the romance did not end there. The First was raging in the country World War. On the motive of a popular romance, the people created a patriotic soldier's song, which began with the following words:

Heard, grandfathers, - the war has begun,

Grandfathers sighed, waved their hands,
To know, that's the will, and the tears were brushed away ...

Volunteers from the army of the tsarist General Denikin remade the words of this song and made it the anthem of their Volunteer Army. This song sounded in Kyiv captured by them.

It turns out that this song was sung on both sides of the barricades, but each with their own words. Here are the words of the White Guard "Volunteer Song":

Grandparents heard - the war began,
Quit your business, get ready for a hike.
We will boldly go into battle for Holy Rus'
And as one we shed young blood.

We will soon finish with the enemies of the calculations.
We will boldly go into battle for Holy Rus'
And as one we shed young blood.

Here are the red chains
We will fight them to the death.
We will boldly go into battle for Holy Rus'
And as one we shed young blood.

And here are the words of the song that the Red Army soldiers sang:

Listen, worker, the war has begun:
Quit your business, get ready for a hike!

Shells are bursting, machine guns are cracking,
But the red companies are not afraid of them.
Boldly we will go into battle for the power of the Soviets
And as one we will die fighting for it.

Here are the white chains
We will fight them to the death.
Boldly we will go into battle for the power of the Soviets
And as one we will die fighting for it.

But the transformation of the famous romance did not end there. The First World War, the Civil War, the Great Patriotic War ended ... In the 1970s, it was decided to start shooting a TV movie based on Bulgakov's novel The White Guard. Director Basov went to Kyiv to get acquainted with the scene of the novel.

Here is what the musicologist E. Biryukov recalls: “Beginning the shooting of The Days of the Turbins, Vladimir Pavlovich remembered that in those ancient times, when the action of Bulgakov’s play takes place, the romance “White Acacia Fragrant Clusters” was in fashion, the melody of which later changed almost to unrecognizable, acquired a marching character and formed the basis of the famous revolutionary song “We will boldly go into battle”.

The director wanted the themes of these two songs to sound like a distant memory of those years in the film, and set such a task for M. Matusovsky and composer V. Basner. So two songs appeared in the TV movie. The marching song about the armored train "Proletary" did not leave the film and did not gain wide popularity. But "Romance", as the poet and composer called the reminiscence song about "White Acacia", received its rebirth and fame.
And it was Kiev flowering acacia that inspired the poet M. Matusovsky, and he conveyed his mood to the composer.
And here are the final words of the popular romance.

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WHITE ACACIUM BUNKLES FRAGRANT…

Music unknown author
Words by A. Pugachev (?)

Full of fragrance again
In the quiet glow of the wonderful moon!

Do you remember the summer, under the white acacia
Have you heard the song of the nightingale?
"Honey, believe me! .. forever yours."

The youth of life has passed
White acacia scent gentle,
Believe me, I will never forget ...

<1902>

First published in 1902 in the series "Gypsy Nights" without indicating the name of the author of words and music. Later it was published as a "famous gypsy romance" edited by Varia Panina and musically arranged by A.M. Zorin, but also nameless. Nevertheless, it is believed that the basis of the text is a reworking of Pugachev's poem. But in some sources, Volin-Volsky is called the author of the text (his romance to the music of M. Sharov "A tear clouds my eyes" is known), and the author of the music is M. Sharov or A. Lutsenko. The version about the authorship of Pugachev, who owns more than three dozen romances to the music of M.K., remains the most stable. Steinberg, J. de Bothari and other romance composers. Many of these romances entered the repertoire of the most famous pop singers as "gypsy". The most popular romance "White Acacia Fragrant Clusters" was performed by Yuri Morfessi. The chant is used in the revolutionary song "Let's Boldly Go to Battle". In the twentieth century, folklore versions were recorded.

Anthology of Russian romance. silver Age/ Comp., foreword. and comment. V. Kalugina. Moscow: Eksmo, 2005.

The melody of the romance formed the basis of the popular song of the First World War "Heard, grandfathers, the war has begun" (at the same time, a refrain was added to it in the rhythm of a mazurka) - in the years civil war its White Guard and Red Army adaptations were created, including the well-known red song "We will boldly go into battle!" .

Under the influence of "White Acacia", the poet Matusovsky wrote the text of a romance for the TV movie "Days of the Turbins" ("The nightingale whistled for us all night...").

OPTIONS (2)

Fragrant bunches of white acacia
Full of fragrance again
The song of the nightingale resounds again
In a quiet radiance, the radiance of the moon.

Do you remember, in the summer under a white acacia
Have you heard the song of the nightingale?
Quietly whispered to me wonderful, bright:
"Darling, forever, forever yours!"

Years have long passed, passions have cooled,
Youth is gone...
Delicate scent of white acacia
I will never forget, never forget!

Talk to me about love: Songbook. Songs and romances. For voice and guitar (piano, synthesizer). St. Petersburg: Composer, 2005.

Old Russian romance. 111 masterpieces. For voice and piano. In four editions. Issue. IV. St. Petersburg: Composer St. Petersburg, 2002.

2. White locust
(Old romance, arr. Y. Morfessi)

white acacia
fragrant branches
They breathe with the delight of spring,
Quietly spread
Nightingale song
In pale sparkle
The sparkle of the moon.

Do you remember at night
Among white acacias
Trills rushed the nightingale,
Gently snuggle
You whispered to me, languid:
"Believe forever
I'm yours forever"?

Time has flown by
And merciless old age
They sent us years
But flavor
fragrant acacias
I can't forget
Never forget.

From the repertoire of Yuri Morfessi (1882-1957)

Black eyes: Old Russian romance. Moscow: Eksmo, 2004.

In general, the same version, only with the signature "the words of A. Volin-Volsky" and the comment "authorship presumably":

white acacia fragrant branches
They breathe with the delight of spring.
The song of the nightingale quietly spreads
In a pale sparkle, the sparkle of the moon.

Do you remember - at night among white acacias
Trills rushed the nightingale?
Gently clinging, you whispered to me, languid:
“Believe, forever, forever I am yours!”

Time has flown by, and merciless old age
They sent us years;
But the scent of fragrant acacias
I will never forget, never forget!

The last two couplet lines are repeated

Burn, burn, my star! / Comp. and music. editor S. V. Pyankova. Smolensk: Rusich, 2004. S. 251-252.