I like listening to musicians in the Moscow metro after work. This time it was two guys playing the balalaika and guitar.
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Category: Russian Music
Forgiveness Sunday
Today is the last day of Maslenitsa – the Forgiveness Sunday. The Great Fast starts tomorrow.
Gusli
Gusli
is one of the oldest musical instruments that have played an important role in the Russian music culture. The Greek historians Theophylact Simocatta and Theophan were the first to mention the gusli. During the war at the end of the 6th century, the Greeks took Slavonic prisoners and found a musical instrument named the Gusli. This corresponds to what the Arabic authors Al-Masudi and Ibn-Dasta mentioned in the 10th century.
Lev Termen Plays the Termenvox
