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...............'
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