Katyusha's Song
1914 song by Nakayama Shimpei
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"Katyusha's Song" (カチューシャの唄, Kachūsha no Uta),[1] or "Song of Katyusha",[2] is a Japanese song which was highly popular in early-20th century Japan. It was composed in the major pentatonic scale by Shinpei Nakayama[3] with lyrics by Soeda Azenbō.[4] The song was sung by Sumako Matsui in a dramatization of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection,[5] first put on stage in the Geijutsuza theatre, Tokyo in 1914.[6][7]
| "Katyusha's Song" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | 1914 |
| Composer | Shinpei Nakayama |
| Lyricist | Soeda Azenbō |
The same year the Nippon Kinetophone company released a kinetophone record of Matsui Sumako's singing with the same title.[8]
Influences
Katyusha's song became a national hit in Japan from 1913 onwards,[9] selling 27,000 copies[10] and was taken on by street corner musicians throughout Japan. It is considered by some music historians as the first example of modern Japanese popular music.[11]