Being offended, Vas’ ka suggests, that Aronchik probably should better“ moor to Vera”. To stop the quarrel, a pool player comes over to the table and advises to them that as poets say, preserve your own portraits to remember them better. But Aronchik was a man of passion. He smashes a bottle on the head of pool player. The waiter says, he occasionally finds a fork in his leg,.
This is how saloon tango ends It doesn’ t look like Argentina, anymore.
— the storyteller notes.
He and his friend also take part in the fight and are thrown out of the saloon. When they were already lying in street, they see Aronchik crawl to Rosa and offered her everything he has, promising, among other things, to take her to his city Batumi, where she could go to sauna four times per year. He promises to guard her body as a dog, and when she wanted to go to sleep, he would even undress her himself.
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This is how the story of that old drinking saloon ends concludes the storyteller, wondering where the girls may be now with their usual companion Vas’ ka-the Pimp.
The lyrics of the song has slang words, like smarovoz( pimp) and bandersha( bordelo mistress) But, it also has a lot of literary references and metaphors, Clearly, the lyrics were written by a well-educated, intelligent person., for example, Rosa as Dionysus maiden.
The tragic events of the 1940s, the war and post-war years forever changed Russia. By the end of World War II, waltzes and marches played on the radio. They no longer sounded like the music of the bourgeoisie. The exception was two tangos— the instrumental Splashes of Champagne and Wearied Sun.
Many composers of the 30’ s, returning to Russia, changed their repertoire. For example, composer Alexander Vertinsky turned to many patriotic compositions. Composer Oscar Strok wrote only instrumental works in those years. The singer Isabella Yuryeva, who had recorded many tangos in the 30s, performed for the Soviet Army.
Oskar Strok— 9—
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