Russian folk songs

"Russian Folk Songs is designed to acquaint educators with the richness and variety of the Russian folk musical tradition, the roots of which can be traced to the time of the primitive, patriarchal societies. Prokhorov provides historical and classificational surveys and discusses the musical genres of Russian folk songs, relating them to the social and historical contexts in which they were produced. The study is supplemented with over ninety musical examples and includes a comprehensive musical and poetic anthology, with lyrics in both Russian and English."--BOOK JACKET.