The Bridegroom
ballad by Pushkin
Also known as: “Zhenikh”
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discussed in biography
- In Aleksandr Pushkin: At Mikhaylovskoye
His ballad “Zhenikh” (1825; “The Bridegroom”), for instance, is based on motifs from Russian folklore; and its simple, swift-moving style, quite different from the brilliant extravagance of Ruslan and Ludmila or the romantic, melodious music of the “southern” poems, emphasizes its stark tragedy.
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