Song of the Volga Boatmen (Balakirev, Mily)

First Publication	1866 in A Collection of Popular Russian Songs (No.40)
Genre Categories	Folksongs; Songs; For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Russian language

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Work Title	Song of the Volga Boatmen
Alternative. Title	Зй, ухнемъ! ; Бурлацкая ; Ey, ukhmem! ; Russiches Volkslied ; He, uch-la ! ; Gesang der Wolgabootschlepper
Composer	Balakirev, Mily
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	None [force assignment]
First Publication.	1866 in A Collection of Popular Russian Songs (No.40)
Librettist	Traditional
Language	Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voice, piano (arr)
External Links	Wikipedia article (on the folksong)
Extra Information	Balakirev's setting arranged by at least three others Song of the Volga Boatmen, Op.97, by Glazunov (1905) Chant des bateliers du Volga by Stravinsky (1917) Canto de los remeros del Volga by Falla (1922).

This song has been transcribed and expanded upon by various composers and jazzmen, as explained on Wikipedia.