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Senow Music Sheet No. 424
セノオ楽譜四二四番 露西亜民謡 コサックの子守歌
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Russian Folksong: Cossack Lullaby (Kosaken Wiegenlied; Kosakku no komoriuta)
Senow Music Sheet No. 424
セノオ楽譜四二四番 露西亜民謡 コサックの子守歌
Designer: Saitō Kazō (Japanese, 1887 – 1955)
Arranger: Senoo Kôyô (Japanese, 1891 – 1961)
Translator: Saitō Kazō (Japanese, 1887 – 1955)
Publisher: Seno'o ongaku shuppansha (Japanese)
Arranger: Senoo Kôyô (Japanese, 1891 – 1961)
Translator: Saitō Kazō (Japanese, 1887 – 1955)
Publisher: Seno'o ongaku shuppansha (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1926 (Taishô 15), June 18
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 30.8 × 22.7 cm (12 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1127
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionRussian folksong, Cossack Lullaby / Kosakisches Wiegenlied (German and Japanese lyrics)
Translation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"Sleep, sleep, Cossack’s son and heir
As the moon shines, close your eyes.
When you grow up, become a soldier
On your horse wield the spear on your back."
Translation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"Sleep, sleep, Cossack’s son and heir
As the moon shines, close your eyes.
When you grow up, become a soldier
On your horse wield the spear on your back."
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)