Traditional Russian wedding songs?

[ComboPrime]

Privyet!

I hope someone can help me. Twenty years ago, I spent 2 years in
Soviet School #45 in Moscow while my father worked at the US Embassy.
One of my former classmates, still a very good friend who now works
for BP in London, is getting married to an American in September. I'd
like to bring along a guitar and add a Russian note to the
celebration--I suspect only a few close family members will make the
trip to Massachusetts, and I'd like them to feel a bit more at home.
One thing I remember well about Russian gatherings was the inevitable
guitar and/or piano accompaniment to every evening.

Unfortunately, I didn't attend any weddings as a schoolchild, and I
don't know which songs might be considered traditional for a true
Russian wedding. I have "A Russian Song Book" (ed., Rose Rubin) and
"Russikye Narodniye Pyesni" (ed., V. Beketova), so if nothing else I
might try Vdol' po Ulitsye Myetyelitsa Myetyot or Daleko,
Daleko. . . .

So this is a 2-part request: 1) What are the most appropriate songs?
2) Where can I find lyrics and guitar chords for them?

Spasibo bol'shoye!

Elliot Grant
Silver Spring MD

[Katya Denisova]

Elliot,

did anyone respond to your message?

Katya
Baltimore , MD
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[Michael Sensor]

Elliot,

Try "Korobushka". It's an easy tune and a simple but fun couples dance.

You can find the sheet music to Korobushka here:

http://www.penn-balalaika.com/Website_Version2/Balalaika_Sheet_Music.pdf

It's a 35 MB file packed with PDFs of sheet music for various Russian
and other tunes. Korobushka should have a lead sheet plus parts for
various other balalaikas and domras.

Lyrics to Korobushka are here, both transliterated and in Cyrillic:

http://www.evansvillefolkdancers.com/id88.html

You may also want to try some waltzes. There are a few in the PDF
link above.

Good Luck,

Michael Sensor
Hockessin, DE

[albina]

Hi, Katya,
I would recommend you to go to the <Barynya.com> and ask Misha Smirnov,
who is the artistic director of this Russian music and dance ensemble.
They perform at Russian weddings a lot around New York area, and he would
know which songs are most popular.
In Columbus, Ohio, where I live, there is a Russian restaurant where most of
the Russian weddings take place. Personally I will perform 2 or 3 of my
Russian Gypsy dances at one of such weddings (she is Russian, he is
American) in November, and usually the Russian gypsy dances are very well
accepted - 'idut na "Ura!!!"). You may also check the dance community of
Massachusetts to see if they have Russian dancers there.
Wish I could help.
Good luck,
Albina

[ComboPrime]

Thanks, everyone! Now I've got a month to practice. . . .

Elliot Grant