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950:, chairman of the Ideological Commission of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, criticized the songs of Okudzhava. Ilyichev called them "vulgar songs...designed to appeal to low and cheap tastes" and said they were "out of keeping with the entire structure of life". Artists in Soviet service also criticized the bards that sung unapproved songs. The newspaper Sovetskaia Rossiia (Soviet Russia) attacked Vysotsky for offering "Philistinism, vulgarity, and immorality" under the "guise of art". Although Vysotsky was often criticized by officials, he never faced imprisonment or exile like other bards. This was in part due to his use of sarcasm as opposed to criticism, his lack of political activity, but mainly due to his immense popularity among the Soviet People. 1005: 1543: 27: 990: 1531: 1519: 867:; folk singers who sung with simple guitar accompaniment. Since Soviet culture officials did not approve of the songs, many of the bards initially became popular playing at small, private student parties. The attendees at these gatherings would record the concert with a tape recorder. The songs of the bards spread through the sharing and recopying of these tapes. 946:, came under attack for their content and the way they were performed. The transgression was not anti-Soviet content, like the songs of Galich, but content that was considered "un-soviet", and contributed the denigration of the Soviet people. During a meeting of 140 writers, artists and film workers in 1962, 971:
The public appeal of the outlaw songs in the Soviet Union was fueled by the contrast between the outlaw songs and state-sanctioned music. The outlaw songs did not have the same civic-minded messages as their official counterparts, and were instead much more personal. They touched on subjects taboo in
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was characterized as being particularly cheerful and colorful. Odessa Couplets often depict the rich and glorious life before Stalin's regime, when Odessa was among the only cities in the young Soviet Union to have free trade. These songs are often narrations of weddings and parties, sometimes based
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member heard a tape of Galich’s uncensored songs at his daughter's wedding reception. Galich describes the official backlash following his expulsion from the Union of Soviet Writers in an open letter to the International Committee on Human Rights that he wrote after being denied permission to travel
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made the outlaw songs officially acceptable. The songs which previously needed to be distributed unofficially through personally copied tapes could now be purchased in stores. In 1987, Vysotsky was posthumously awarded the state literary prize. The songs that were more directly critical of Soviet
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After the fall of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation, the musical style of the songs began to shift, although the content did not. Modern artists affiliated with the Chanson genre often sing not in the traditional style used even by the Khrushchev-era performers, but
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songs, are heavily influenced by the classical Russian romance genre of the 19th century, more specifically a subgenre known as the City or Urban Romance. Romance songs are almost always divided into four-line rhymed couplets, rarely have a chorus, and follow a fairly consistent chord progression
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and the power abuses of the political elite. The more personal nature of the music both in content and style, gave it a sense of authenticity, something that led to the mass appeal of the songs. The songs were often very crude, an aspect of which was heavily criticized by the state, and echoed by
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Many of the Soviet bards also worked as writers and actors for the Soviet state. These artists were required to submit their works to government censors for approval. When bards performed uncensored pieces which fans would then distribute, they risked their official jobs. In December 1971 a
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of the 1910s tend to be more cheerful, and are sharply contrasted by the dark, depressing, and violent songs set in the Stalinist era. The interesting thing is that it is common for a Chanson artist, regardless of the time in which he writes his songs, to include songs of all periods in his
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abroad: “I am deprived of...the right to see my work published, the right to sign a contract with a theater, film studio, or publishing house, the right to perform in public.” Other bards who were not official Soviet artist still risked their job by performing uncensored songs. In 1968
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Gradually, Soviet authorities eased their reactions to the bards who sang outlaw songs. In 1981, after Vysotsky's death, the state allowed the publication of a collection of his poetry (although official state poets still attacked Vysotsky's poems). During
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In addition to active repression from the state, Soviet bards also faced criticisms on the literary merit of their songs from Soviet officials. Even songs that were not openly critical of the Soviet union, like the songs of
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made a slight reversal to this process, albeit never reaching the tight, stringent controls experienced during the Stalin era. This, combined with the influx of cheap and portable
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As seen above, chanson is rooted in prison life and criminal culture, but some chanson performers insist that the genre transcends mere criminal songs, and look upon
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is the only western artist to receive acclaim in western Europe as well as Russia for singing English versions of Russian Romances and Russian Chanson on his albums
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Chanson themes vary greatly depending on the time in which the songs were written and the places in which they are set. For example, songs set in the
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for publishing uncensored works abroad and making his views known to large groups of people in the Soviet Union, which Galich claims happened after a
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reports being beaten up once after claiming authorship to one of his songs, which was attributed to a Gulag inmate living over 30 years earlier.
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Rosette C. Larmont, "Horace’s Heirs: Beyond Censorship in the Soviet Songs of the Magnitizdat,”: World Literature Today 53 (1979): 220.
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The execution of a traitor to a criminal gang (the first such song is probably "Murka"). This is usually in the context of the
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repertoire, and write songs set in an era different from his own. This often leads to confusion: for example, the bard
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songs. Arkady was one of the rare performers who focuses exclusively on collecting and performing old criminal songs.
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Love in the context of criminal life, the conflict usually being either betrayal or separation due to imprisonment.
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Appeal to emotions towards relatives or beloved ones, often leading unlawful or morally controversial lives.
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led to an increase in the popularity and consumption of the criminal songs. These songs were performed by
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today. However, during the Soviet Union, the style changed, and the songs became part of the culture of
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Magnitizdat: Uncensored Songs of Dissent", in Dissent in the USSR: Politics, Ideology, and People
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than pop songs. In fact, this is one of the reasons for naming the genre after the French
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Military and patriotic themes. There is a subgenre of Chanson known as Military chanson.
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Party. Rosenbaum was also awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia by a decree of
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Glorification of the 'merry thief' archetype. These songs are often set in the city of
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Lyrically, Chanson songs are usually narrative-driven and are more similar to
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more professionally, borrowing musical arrangements from pop, rock, and
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The musical style of the older Russian criminal songs, much like the
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or "criminals' songs" that are based on the themes of the urban
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A more recent artist who plays chanson with Rock music is
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Criminal songs were prominently performed by artists like
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White Guard (anticommunist side of the Russian Civil War)
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Christopher Lazarski, "Vladimir Vysotsky and His Cult",
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are very similar in content to the songs sung in the
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