Sunday, January 15, 2012

Music Set #208 - Borodin - Polovetzian Dances

(1833-1887)
  
Written mainly by Borodin, <Prince Igor> is an opera about a Russian prince Igor against the invading Polovtsian tribes in 1185.  Polovtsy, which the old Russians called the Cumans, was a nomadic tribe migrated from China to the Black Sea area in the 11th Century.  


The best-known theme from the opera is the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens". 
* on stage - with lyrics in Russian and Spanish


Ring a bell? 
It has been adapted in the "Stranger in Paradise" song.
* Sarah Brightman singing behind the Phantom of the Opera
* Tony Bennett singing to the beauty of the late Hedy Lamarr

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