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Exercise 2B, page 42.0:00
Russian sounds: the balalaika.0:05
When you think of Russian folk music, the balalaika immediately comes to mind.0:08
This wonderful triangular-shaped string instrument from the 17th century is one of Russia's national symbols.0:13
The early balalaika was a very simple and cheap instrument to make and was very popular with poorer people who were living in the countryside.0:20
Many wealthy people looked down on the instrument and considered it more like a toy.0:28
However, in time more musicians began to like it and to take it seriously.0:33
One 19th century musician by the name of Vasili Vasilyevich Andreev had become interested in the balalaika as a young boy and had learnt to play it.0:38
Later, when Andreev was working as a musician in the salons of Saint Petersburg, he began to write music for the balalaika and perform solo concerts with the instrument.0:48
He then created an orchestra with balalaikas of different sizes.0:57
It was so successful that the musicians performed at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889.1:02
With this, the balalaika had found its place in modern music and had become popular even with the upper classes in Russia.1:08
It would soon become one of the country's national instruments and part of Russian identity.1:15
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