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Aleksandr Novikov (singer)
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Novikov (russian: link=no, Александр Васильевич Новиков; born October 31, 1953) is a Soviet and Russian author and performer of songs in the genre of Russian chanson, artistic director of the Yekaterinburg Variety Theatre. During the creative activity of Aleksandr Novikov wrote over three hundred songs.Интервью на порталЕкатеринбург Он-Лайн/ref> His discography currently consists of 20 numbered albums, 10 albums with recordings of concerts, 8 DVDs. Since 2002 published book ''Kolokolnya'' (a collection of poems and songs). Novikov is the winner of the national award Ovation (award), Ovation in the nomination ''Urban Romance'' (1995), repeated winner of the ''Chanson of the Year''. References External links Official SitePoetry Aleksandr Novikov {{DEFAULTSORT:Novikov, Aleksandr Russian chanson 1953 births Soviet male singers Soviet male singer-songwriters Soviet singer-songwriters Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. With the decline of a living bardic tradition in the modern period, the term has loosened to mean a generic minstrel or author (especially a famous one). For example, William Shakespeare and Rabindranath Tagore are respectively known as "the Bard of Avon" (often simply "the Bard") and "the Bard of Bengal". Oxford Dictionary of English, s.v. ''bard'', n.1. In 16th-century Scotland, it turned into a derogatory term for an itinerant musician; nonetheless it was later romanticised by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). Etymology The English term ''bard'' is a loan word from the Celtic languages: Gaulish: ''bardo-'' ('bard, poet'), mga, bard and ('bard, poet'), wlm, bardd ('singer, poet'), Middle Breton: ''barz'' ('m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
