Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 1
SKU: CF.BAS31
Full Score and
Parts. Composed by
Russian Folk Song.
Arranged by Doris Gazda.
Carl Fischer Beginning
String Orchestra Series.
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 8
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#BAS31. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.BAS31).
ISBN 9780825860874.
UPC: 798408060879. 8.5 X
11 inches. Key: C
major.
One of the
most recognizable folk
songs of all-time is
presented in a fine new
Doris Gazda arrangment
for beginning strings.
Optional part for bells,
tone blocks or chimes
will give you the
opportunity to involve
other students in
performing with the
string orchestra.
The
Volga River is the
longest river in Europe
(about 2,300 miles long)
and the principal
waterway of Russia. The
Volga has played an
important part in the
life of the Russian
people, and in Russian
folklore is called Mother
Volga. For centuries it
has served as the chief
thoroughfare of Russia
and as the lifeline of
Russian colonization to
the east. It carries
one-half of the total
river freight of Russia
and irrigates the vast
steppes of the lower
Volga region. Grain,
building materials, salt,
fish and caviar (from the
Volga delta and the
Caspian Sea) are shipped
upstream; lumber is the
main commodity shipped
downstream.The folk
song The Volga Boatman
is supposed to represent
the rhythmic rowing of
the hard-working oarsmen
who took their boats and
rafts up and down this
long waterway. The boats
carried goods for trade,
travelers and the armies
and invaders who fought
throughout the Russian
lands.Close your eyes
while you listen to the
song. Imagine that you
have a boat carrying
grain and fish for a long
distance. Then pretend
you are rowing your boat
in rhythm to the
melody.
Upstream
