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balalaika
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bal·a·lai·ka
/ ˌbaləˈlīkə/
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a guitarlike musical instrument with a triangular body and two, three, or four strings, popular in Russia and other Slavic countries.
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Balalaika and Domra Association of America festival concert July 20th in Pomona, California.
PR Newswire; 7/17/1984; 700+ words
; ...annual performance of the 100-piece folk Balalaika and Domra Association of America orchestra...Cherniavsky, is comprised of members from balalaika and domra orchestras from Texas to Maine...artists scheduled to appear: The American Balalaika Company from Miami, Fla. This dramatic...
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The Balalaika Story: Romantic to Its Roots
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/9/1990; ; 531 words
; The tale of the balalaika orchestra's origin is as romantic...in its repertoire. Groups like the Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit-one of two American...ensembles heard at Saturday night's Balalaika and Domra Association (BDA) Festival...
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The annual performance of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America will take place at Stockton State College.
PR Newswire; 6/28/1984; 700+ words
; ...annual performance of the 100-piece folk Balalaika and Domra Association of America orchestra...Gherniavsky, is comprised of members from balalaika and domra orchestras from Texas to Maine...artists scheduled to appear: The American Balalaika Company from Miami, Fla. This dramatic...
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Folk orchestra comes from Russia with balalaikas
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/12/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...reached for our hankies when the balalaikas started strumming "Lara...folk dancers when we hear balalaika music at Chicago's lively...restaurants. A whole stage full of balalaika players - 82 to be exact...The Moscow-based Osipov Balalaika Orchestra is celebrating its...
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Stirring balalaika comes to Bath
Newspaper article from: Bath Chronicle, The; 2/26/2009; 552 words
; ...Russian Cossack dancing and stirring Balalaika music are set to thrill audiences in...7.30pm featuring Bibs Ekkel on the balalaika. With performances which draw on the...style and material. Bibs Ekkel, prima balalaika soloist and the group's leader, is...
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THE BALALAIKA, UPDATED
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/22/1989; ; 407 words
; The balalaika has come a long way, baby. Far from...Kennedy Center Concert Hall, the Osipov Balalaika Orchestra will team the mandolinlike...McCullough, president of the 500-member Balalaika and Dorma Association of America. Through...
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 "Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)")
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Balalaikas! It's time for sergei's samovar
Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 7/1/2007; 685 words
; ...perhaps accompanying myself on the balalaika (although the wife and kids says they...busking community before practising the balalaika in public. Street entertainers can be...see evidence of your proficiency on the balalaika, so you should take lessons rather than...
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Balalaikas Lend Music a Russian Accent
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/17/2004; 431 words
; The balalaika, a three-stringed, guitarlike Russian...distinctive body of sound in the American Balalaika Symphony, which performed Saturday at...that other Gorbachev) is a remarkable balalaika virtuoso, as he demonstrated in a piece...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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FROM BLUES TO BALALAIKA, IT'S HIGH TIDE FOR MUSIC FANS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/23/1992; ; 678 words
; ...for information, call 835-6421. Balalaika lovers Never heard a balalaika? Make up for it at 2 p.m. today, when you can hear a whole bunch of balalaikas playing in the Troika Balalaika Orchestra at Passaic Community College...
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Balalaika orchestra to perform tonight
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 2/25/2002; ; 428 words
; The Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra from Russia...the world, the Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra has 70 musicians...brijolka and kugilka, balalaikas and domras in every size...direction the Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra has taken on...
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Balalaika
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...or minstrels. The modern balalaika is a hybrid phenomenon incorporating...orchestras and ensembles, the balalaika's repertoire includes pieces...utilizes mass-produced balalaikas played with a pick. Throughout...Martin. (1995). "The Balalaika: A Reappraisal." Galpin...
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balalaika
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
balalaika , Russian stringed musical instrument...are generally plucked with a pick. The balalaika is made in various sizes, and several...countries of the Middle East, where the balalaika almost certainly originated. The instrument...
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Folk Music
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...domra (three-or four-stringed round-bodied lute), balalaika (three-stringed triangular-bodied lute), gusli (psaltery...attention as part of the world music movement. See also: balalaika; folklore; glinka, mikhail; music; rimsky-korsakov...
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stringed instrument
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...instrument whose tone is produced by vibrating strings. Those whose strings are plucked with the finger or a plectrum include the balalaika , banjo , guitar , harp , lute , mandolin , zither , the sitar of India and Pakistan, the koto of Japan, and countless others...
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Freund, Karl
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...1939 Tail Spin (Del Ruth); Rose of Washington Square (Ratoff); Golden Boy (Mamoulian) (co); Barricade (Ratoff); Balalaika (Sch ü nzel); Green Hell (Whale) 1940 Florian (Marin); Pride and Prejudice (Leonard); We Who Are Young...
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