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Topic: Russian music

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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Vladimir Putin
Religion(s):Christian - Eastern Orthodox
Favorite book(s):"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
Favorite great leader(s):Vladimir Lenin,  Joseph Stalin
Favorite composer(s):Rachmaninoff,  Tchaikovsky,  Franz Josef Haydn
Favorite royal(s):Tsar Nicholas I,  Peter the Great
Favorite movie(s):West Side Story
Listens to:Classical,  Folk,  Jazz
Favorite destination(s):Russia
Favorite type of dance(s):Ballet
Favorite quote(s):"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire (1694-1778)
 
 
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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker

Their music combines the ancient traditions of Karelian, Finnish and North-Russian folk tunes.
Concert music features selections in the Slavic choral tradition including Jacob Handl's “Pater Noster” and a Russian sacred piece by Alexandre Gretchaninoff.
Concert music will feature selections in the Slavic choral tradition including Jacob Handl's Pater Noster and a Russian sacred piece by Alexandre Gretchaninoff.
Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer

Petersburg Vocal Ensemble RUSSICUM came the UK in autumn 2002 with a programme of Russian Orthodox Church music and Russian folk songs.
The most important Russian composers began writing music specifically for the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
They are also heard in a steady stream of recordings of Russian liturgical music making its way to the West: something new under the sun, since the faith was driven underground in the Soviet Union in the 1920's, at the dawn of the recording era.
Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

Since then Telnikoff has been continuously touring around the UK as a lead violinist with a professional character dance group playing Russian folk music as well as his own compositions for violin.
You can also find music scores of Russian classical music, folk songs, piano and guitar music etc.
The disappointing disk is Russian Romance , a collection of Russian folk and folk-inspired music including many well-known tunes, also arranged for violin and orchestra.
Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent

Andrew's Russian Choir - complete with traditional costumes, a repertoire of folk songs and Russian Gypsy music as well as selections from the Liturgy - supported the fledging parish well into the 1950s.
Mark Harris,
Priest

Byzantine music is a living art, still studied and practiced by many of the Greek, Russian, and other Eastern Orthodox churches.
The type of liturgical music generally thought of as "Russian" began its development as simple polyphony in the seventeenth century under the influence of Polish religious vocal music.
 
 
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