Trepak
Trepak is a folk dance that originally comes from areas of western Russia and Sloboda-Ukraine ( Ukrainian Тропак / Tropak ).
It is a dance in 2/4 time for men, which is traced back to the Cossacks , the Russian-Ukrainian military farmers . It is characterized by a strong rhythm. Characteristic the stamping of feet, Hock steps and are Spagatsprünge . Dance has also found its way into classical art music. The best-known and most popular example is the so-called “Russian dance” in the ballet suite The Nutcracker by Peter Tchaikovsky . The Trepak in Modest Mussorgsky " Songs and Dances of Death " is considered one of his best song compositions. Here, based on a text by Arseni Arkadjewitsch Golenishchev-Kutuzov , death dances with a farmer into an upcoming snowstorm.
literature
- Rob Kapilow: What Makes It Great? Short Masterpieces, Great Composers. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-55092-2 , p. 115.
- Mike Groushko: Cossack. Warrior Riders of the Steppes. Sterling Publishing Company, New York NY 1992, ISBN 0-8069-8703-0 , p. 109.
Web links
- Article in the Musical Encyclopedia (Russian)