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Exercise 2b, page 42.0:02
When you think of Russian folk music, the balalaika immediately comes to mind.0:10
This wonderful triangular-shaped string instrument from the 17th century is one of Russia's national symbols.0:16
The early balalaika was a very simple and cheap instrument to make.0:24
And was very popular with poorer people who were living in the countryside.0:29
Many wealthy people looked down on the instrument and considered it more like a toy.0:34
However, in time, more musicians began to like it and to take it seriously.0:40
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.0:47
Later, when Andreev was working as a musician in the salons of St. Petersburg, he began to write music for the balalaika and perform solo concerts with the instrument.0:59
He then created an orchestra with balalaikas of different sizes.1:11
It was so successful that the musicians performed at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889.1:17
With this, the balalaika had found its place in modern music and had become popular even with the upper classes in Russia.1:25
It would soon become one of the country's national instruments and part of Russian identity.1:34
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