![]() It also speaks of a waltz rather than a march. “The other version gives the composer a different first name – Feodor – and calls him a Russified German.Later, with a slightly changed rhythm, it became the melody of ‘Dark Eyes’.” Napoleon was banished from Russia, but the music stayed. ![]() According to this version, he was an army bandleader, invading Russia with Napoleon’s army to the tune of his own military march. One version said that the tune’s author was a French composer Florian Hermann, who lived at the beginning of the 19th century. Curious, I searched further and got some confounding results. There were no comments, no biography – nothing. “I first saw this name when browsing the sheet music of Old Russian waltzes.Pianist Alexander Zlatkovski tells two stories about the composer: ![]() All that is known is the composer’s name, some F. The composer of the song is not well known. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Dmitri Hvorostovsky – Dark Eyes (Japan 2005) HD () Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Ochi Chyornye (Russian-Ukrainian folk song, Chaliapin’s version)Īlthough often characterized as a Russian-Romani song, the words and music were written respectively by a Ukrainian poet Evheniy Grebenka.
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