Autumn Dream ( fr. Songe d'Automne , English Autumn Dream ) - Archibald Joyce's waltz, published in 1908. In the West, it is especially known for the fact that it was probably the orchestra of the sinking Titanic that played it [1] . The history of the waltz and its Russian text was investigated by Yu. E. Biryukov [2] . Usually attributed to the conditional category of old, he lost contact with the country of origin and the specific author.
Reminiscences in world culture
Reminiscences in Soviet and Russian Culture
In the USSR, he caused reminiscences in the songs:
- since the Great Patriotic War “ In the frontline forest ” [3] (words: M. Isakovsky , music: M. Blanter , 1942);
- Waltz on Waltz [4] (words: E. A. Evtushenko , music: E. S. Kolmanovsky ), known by KI Shulzhenko ;
- " And the music sounds " [5] , performed by Sofia Rotaru .
In Serbia, it is known with the text in the national language called “Autumn Leaves” ( Jesenje lišće ) [6] .
Notes
- ↑ It was this tune that Walter Lord suggested after Harold Bride, a junior naval radio officer of the ship, remembered playing Autumn. See Encyclopedia Titanica : “Songe d'Automne”
- ↑ See http://oleg-pogudin.elegos.ru/forum/18-1082-1
- ↑ Song on SovMusic website
- ↑ Song on SovMusic website
- ↑ Lyrics (inaccessible link)
- ↑ According to the Serbian translator - participant of the RusLanTra translation teleconference (“There is a beautiful old Serbian song“ Autumn Leaves ”, about which I heard a long time ago that this is actually the melody of the old Russian waltz.”)