Not quite jingle bells

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Rare footage of a monk from the orthodox monastery at Valamo,
in Russian Karelia, which is located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga.

When the song "jingle bells" was written it heralded the idea of one horse one man.

It is thought that the "jingle bells" from the Russian Orthodox tradition inspired
Sergei Prokofiev to compose the "Troika" from Lieutenant Kijé. (Op. 60, suite for orchestra)

This caused great offence with senior Bolsheviks including Anatoly Lunacharsky,
the People's Commissar for Education, who told him: "You are a revolutionary
in music, we are revolutionaries in life. We ought to work together.
But if you want to go to America I shall not stand in your way."

Innocently enough the "Troika" was a musical masterpiece about a sleigh ride,
but referred to a three-horse team drawing a sledge. To the Bolsheviks this
smacked of revisionism and a return to Bourgeois ways, since it contradicted
the principles set out by Marx which stated
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"

Three horses instead of one was surely a capitalist luxury.

Prokofiev arrived in San Francisco on 11 August 1918, and the rest is history.

 
You just made my day, wee. That's just delightful. I'd always heard this was Ayn Rand's least favorite carol and now I know why.....

Dress up verisimilitude as reason and Ayn Rand would make
a favourite of anything
 
Wow !!!! I'm speechless on the originality of this version. A great way to interpret/envision it.

Thank you for the historic reference as well !
 
Wow !!!! I'm speechless on the originality of this version. A great way to interpret/envision it.

Thank you for the historic reference as well !

I can vouch for the reference to Troika but all the rest is Bullshivism:eek:
 
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