WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
I always wondered what the following piece of music was called, and now I finally found out the name of it.
Here's the lyrics of the song (scroll down for the English version):
http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/admin/meadow.html
This is an orchestral version of Polyushko Pole ("Little Field") by Lev Konstantinovich Knipper (1898-1974) from his 4th Symphony (1934), with lyrics by Victor Gusev.
In the West, the song is known more popularly as "The Cossack Patrol" or "Meadowlands."
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dDBsLeo9kbY
Here's the Belgian singer Helmut Lotti with his version:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=lJncDnmbG0E
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