In ancient times, bards were called storytellers who sang the heroic deeds of warriors. The bards enjoyed great respect among the people, their personality was inviolable. Modern bards continue the tradition of wandering singers, performing their songs to the guitar in the woods around the fire. However, the bard song has long taken its place on the stage.
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The most beloved and popular bard among the people was rightfully recognized as Vladimir Vysotsky. Being a professional actor, Vysotsky had an amazing ability to "get used" to the content of his songs so deeply that it seemed that he himself was a direct participant in the events that he described in them. Such are his works on war or on mountaineering. Vysotsky’s comic songs are very funny and, at the same time, filled with deep meaning.
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The second most popular author and performer of his own songs is Alexander Rosenbaum. The former ambulance doctor, thanks to the originality and originality of his work, gained fame throughout the country and the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Perhaps the most famous Rosenbaum song is Waltz-Boston.
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The special lyrical penetration and the highest quality of poetic texts are distinguished by the works of Bulat Okudzhava. In addition to performing copyright songs, he wrote books, worked a lot for theater and cinema. The creative union of Bulat Okudzhava and composer Isaac Schwartz presented grateful listeners with such wonderful songs as “Your Honor”, “Drops of the Danish King”, “Cavalierguards, short century
.". Okudzhava's original songs helped create an amazing Moscow atmosphere of the 50s in Mikhail Kazakov’s film" Pokrovsky Gates ".
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Among the founders of the author’s song, the place of honor belongs to the author-performer, actor and journalist Yuri Vizbor. His compositions have always been distinguished by melody and special tenderness. Vizbor's songs such as "My Sweetheart", "You are My One", "Get Up, Count", "Lucy" and many others are widely known.
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The fate of Alexander Galich was tragic. Due to a conflict with the authorities, he was forced to emigrate from the USSR, his death in Paris was still surrounded by numerous rumors and speculation, and songs and other works were banned for a long time. The forced expat’s drama is most vividly reflected in his famous song "When I Will Return
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The classics of bard songs became full of romance, and sometimes deeply dramatic works of Victor Berkovsky “Grenada”, “To the music of Vivaldi”, “Remember, guys!”, “Transfer me through the Maidan” and many others.
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The duet of Tatyana and Sergey Nikitin received great popularity among the performers of the bard song. Filled with lyricism, the works of Sergei Nikitin gained fame largely due to the cinema. His song “Alexandra” from the Oscar-winning film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” has long been popular. The voice of Sergei Nikitin is also heard in the cult film by Eldar Ryazanov, “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”.
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Particular intimacy and sincere friendliness is distinguished by the works of the Chelyabinsk bard Oleg Mityaev. No wonder it was he who authored the peculiar anthem of the bardic movement "It is so wonderful that we all gathered here today!"
