here's a famous partisan song;in 1942 the H.Q on the briansk front recieved a message."we have weapon's.if necessary we can seize more from the enemy.what we need is a song.we can't get one as a trophy;send us a song". it was signed by the partisans of the briansk forest;the poet antolii sofronov and composer sigizmund katz found it difficult to decide what sort of song to write.it couldn't be a marching song;partisans don't march.they don't sing loudly either;the less they are seen and heard the better.the result was an epic song in russian tradition that could be sung very softly in chorus;it was performed for the first time in a dug out on the night of 6th nov 1942.at a party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the october revolution:- ' THE BRIANSK FOREST MURMERED GRIMLY AS THE BLUE FOG SETTLED DOWN THE PINES ALL AROUND STRAINED TO HEAR THE TREAD,THE TREAD OF PARTISANS GOING INTO BATTLE...............' _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international