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    The balalaika is an iconic folk instrument of Russia with a history tracing back to lutes played in Russian villages. It became prominent as a solo instrument and is still used today in Russian folk music ensembles. The document discusses the balalaika's role in Russian culture and provides examples of related Russian folk instruments along with opportunities to analyze musical elements and performances.

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    The balalaika is an iconic folk instrument of Russia with a history tracing back to lutes played in Russian villages. It became prominent as a solo instrument and is still used today in Russian folk music ensembles. The document discusses the balalaika's role in Russian culture and provides examples of related Russian folk instruments along with opportunities to analyze musical elements and performances.

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    The balalaika is an iconic folk instrument of Russia with a history tracing back to lutes played in Russian villages. It became prominent as a solo instrument and is still used today in Russian folk music ensembles. The document discusses the balalaika's role in Russian culture and provides examples of related Russian folk instruments along with opportunities to analyze musical elements and performances.

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    The balalaika is an iconic folk instrument of Russia with a history tracing back to lutes played in Russian villages. It became prominent as a solo instrument and is still used today in Russian folk music ensembles. The document discusses the balalaika's role in Russian culture and provides examples of related Russian folk instruments along with opportunities to analyze musical elements and performances.

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    THE BALALAIKA: A Russian Icon

    Balalaika (plucked lute)


    from Russia
    The Balalaika: A Russian
    Icon
    Suggested Grade Levels:
    9–12, 7–8
    Gallery: Europe
    Culture Group: Russian
    Instruments: Balalaika,
    domra, harmoshka, gusli,
    children’s instrument
    collection
    Cocurricular Areas:
    Language Arts, Music,
    Science, Social Studies
    Russia Exhibit at MIM.
    Iconic Architecture: “Onion Domes”
    Icon Art
    The Balalaika: A Folk Instrument

    Organologists (musical
    instrument specialists)
    tell us that the
    predecessor to the
    balalaika is the lute, long
    played in Russian peasant
    villages as a solo
    instrument.
    Balalaika

    Balalaikas (plucked lutes) from Russia


    Compare and Contrast

     Different ensembles can interpret the same piece of


    music differently.
     Compare and contrast among the next three
    performances of “The Birch Tree.”
     How do musical elements (instrumentation, lyrics
    and language, tempo, dynamics, melody, and
    rhythm) influence each musical performance?
    The Birch Tree
    See the lovely birch in the meadow.
    Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows.
    Loo-lee-loo when the wind blows,
    Loo-lee-loo when the wind blows.
    Oh, my little tree I need branches,
    for three silver flutes I need three branches.
    Loo-lee-loo three branches,
    Loo-lee-loo three branches.
    From another branch I will make now,
    I will make a tingling balalaika,
    Loo-lee-loo balalaika,
    Loo-lee-loo balalaika.
    When I play my new balalaika,
    I will think of you, my lovely birch tree. Solitary Russian birch tree located in
    Village Kuznetsovo, Klin Raion, Moscow
    Loo-lee-loo lovely birch tree, Oblast. Photograph by Carl Bagge.

    Loo-lee-loo lovely birch tree.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKC4M0dQ8AE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECDichGwpgc
    Evaluating Musical Performances

    Child’s Voice

    Red Army Vocal


    Choir Ensemble
    Other Russian Folk Instruments

    Bajan (button accordion)

    Prima Domra (plucked Alto Domra ( plucked lute)


    lute)
    Children’s Instruments Gusli (Russian: [ˈguslʲɪ]) is the
    oldest Russian multi-string plucked
    instrument. Its exact history is
    unknown; it may have derived
    from a Byzantine form of the
    Greek kythare, which in turn
    derived from the ancient lyre. It
    has its relatives throughout the
    world - kantele in Finland, kannel
    in Estonia, kanklės and kokle in
    Lithuania and Latvia. Furthermore,
    we can find kanun in Arabic
    countries and the autoharp in the
    USA. It is also related to such
    ancient instruments as Chinese gu
    zheng which has a thousand year
    history and its Japanese relative
    koto.
    Every Instrument Has a Story
    What do you know?

    Define icon in multiple contexts.

    Recall the history of the balalaika as an iconic folk


    instrument of Russia.

    Summarize the balalaika’s role in Russian history and


    musical culture.

    Apply the concepts of musical elements to analyze a


    recent musical performance.
    Extensions

    Apply these concepts to instrumental works by the


    following composers:
    Mily Balakirev
    César Cui
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Alexander Borodin

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