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Korchmarev, Klimentii

Lullaby. A rare music score of a lullaby referencing the deceased Vladimir Lenin

Lullaby. A rare music score of a lullaby referencing the deceased Vladimir Lenin

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Korchmarev, Klimentii [Lullaby: For Low Voice with Piano Accompaniment]. Kolybelnaia: Dlia Nizkogo Golosa s Soprovozhdeniem Fortepiano. 

Text by G. Lubimov. 

Moskva, Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstv Muzykalnyi sektor, 1924.
4to, 5,[1] pp.notes incl.wr.

In original pictorial wrappers. 
In good condition, lightly sunned, short tears to cover and pages, losses to spine, small losses to edges
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A rare music score of a lullaby referencing the deceased Vladimir Lenin. One of 10 000 copies published. 

This is a rare edition of a musical score for a lullaby written shortly after Vladimir Lenin's death. The lyrics are particularly unusual—structured like a traditional cradle song yet infused with early Soviet-era themes, including references to factories and the Revolutionary struggle. What makes it especially intriguing is the inclusion of Lenin’s Mausoleum and Lenin himself in the text: 'There Ilyich lies in his tomb, guarding the world's happiness / Trouble will not frighten us; a faithful guardian watches over us'.
Notably, the cover design features an image of the second version of Lenin’s Mausoleum, designed by Alexey Shchusev and built from wood in May 1924. The first version, completed in late January of the same year, was much simpler and smaller. The final version, constructed from marble and granite, was completed in 1930.
Interestingly, this musical score was published in arrangements for both low and high voice.

OCLC locates one copy of this edition only: in the National Library of France. 

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