The Russian romance "Burn, burn, my star" is one of the most famous and poignant masterpieces of this genre. The text of the romance was allegedly written by a little-known poet Vasily Chuevsky, and the music for it was created by Pyotr Bulakhov and Vladimir Sabinin. A more detailed history of the creation of a romance to this day is full of secrets and myths.
How the masterpiece was created
The authorship of the romance "Burn, burn, my star" is attributed by some experts to Admiral A. V. Kolchak, however, many are skeptical about this version, since the year the romance was created and the years of the admiral's life do not coincide at all. It is more likely that Kolchak, a famous navigator and a very romantic nature, simply loved this romance. The original melody of the composer Pyotr Bulakhov is the primary source of the melody that has survived to this day, but the romance received a new life before the First World War, when the singer and composer Vladimir Sabinin significantly reworked the melody and part of the text of the romance, recording it on a disc in a new form and performing with it at concerts.
Modern music lovers "Burn, burn, my star" have reached it in such a revised version.
From 1920 to 1930, the romance was banned from publishing and performing, since it was considered White Guard. Only in the mid-1940s did the legendary singers I. Kozlovsky, S. Lemeshev and G. Vinogradov dare to include it in their repertoire, thereby rehabilitating the song in the eyes of society. In 1944, a disc with a romance performed by Georgy Vinogradov and an indication of the authorship of a certain Vasily Chuevsky was released. According to Vinogradov, such a move was made in order to refute the legend about the authorship of the White Guard Kolchak. This was the only reason why Chuevsky was indicated as the author of the romance - in fact, he really was a co-author of some of Bulakhov's works, but, unlike the publication "Burn, burn, my star", his name was always mentioned when publishing joint work with other authors …
The path and history of romance
For many years the romance "Burn, burn, my star" was performed exclusively by tenors, but this tradition was violated by the singer Boris Shtokolov, who sang it in bass and received great success. It was in the performance of Shtokolov that the romance fell in love with modern fans of this genre and found many new admirers. A significant contribution to its popularity was made by the Polish woman Anna German, who recorded it in Moscow together with an instrumental ensemble.
In addition to Admiral Kolchak, the authorship of the romance "Burn, burn, my star" was attributed to the famous poet Gumilyov.
The romance is performed both with an orchestra and a capella, both with an accordion and a guitar, both with a balalaika and with a piano. To this day, "Burn, Burn, My Star" remains the most lively and beloved romance in the repertoire of Russian (and not only) vocalists, adorning their creative path with an inextinguishable shining star.
