The roots of Regina Spektor’s post-Soviet poetics

ABSTRACT

Regina Spektor’s rigorous training in piano, starting in the Soviet Union and continued throughout her youth in the United States, helps to explain her skills in composing complex and unexpected pop music. Less obvious, though, will be an understanding of the roots of her poetic skills in writing lyrics. This paper examines how Spektor was influenced by Russian bard tradition, as well as the widespread informal music dissemination network known as magnitizdat.     

特殊时代的非凡声音--论奥库贾瓦和维索茨基的弹唱诗

奥库贾瓦,当代俄罗斯弹唱诗艺术的开创者;维索茨基,当代俄罗斯弹唱诗艺术的最重要代表,被誉为“祖国的良心”。他们的创作具有不同的艺术特色,但都产生了巨大的影响力,在那个特定时代里成为俄罗斯人民的心理象征和精神支柱。他们的弹唱诗创作和表演活动被广泛地接受和模仿,形成了一种极为独特的文化现象。