Older people still remember the times when the song helped us build and live. Today, the performer will stomp on the stage under the "plywood" and "nail" the millionaire in the evening. Show business is called. Maria Mordasova sang live. And she gave her talent not to business, but to folk art, art in the literal sense of the word.
Country girl
Before presenting the work of Maria Mordasova, it should be noted that any musical genre in the current historical period is used to earn money. An actor or singer is judged not by talent or popularity, but by rating. The notorious ratings are formed according to intricate rules. To take a worthy place in such a competition, you have to use a variety of techniques and tricks. Light effects, unkempt and unwashed patches, causing clothing and even tattooed skin. On this occasion, I just want to quote: "Oh, you, well, you, your fingers are bent."
Maria Mordasova went out to the audience in the clothes that every Soviet woman had. Dress, sundress, handkerchief. But not just a sundress, but a true work of art. The stage outfit did not serve to distract the attention of the audience from a weak voice or a clumsy arrangement. The singer's voice was delivered by nature. Marusya was born in a large peasant family of the Yarkins, in which they knew how to work and relax. Discerning people know that folk art is harmoniously woven into everyday life.
The mother of the future Heroine of Socialist Labor was a famous singer in the area. Songs performed by her lifted the mood of people both at the festive table and in the field when harvesting. Nature ordered that the vocal data from the parent were transmitted not only to Masha. However, fate smiled only at her. It is known that fortune is not always enough for the success of one fleeting smile. Already in her school years, the girl boldly sang songs that she knew from an early age. And from a certain moment she began to compose ditties herself. The peculiarity of this genre is that they are composed based on plots that take place in front of the author.
Chastooshkas are composed today. Only on television or on the "big" stage with them is not possible to break through. The main feature of these choruses is that they are addressed directly to the person. In four lines, greed, stupidity, frivolity and other character traits are ridiculed. And all this without edification and resentment. After school, Marusya worked as a milkmaid. She grew beets in the field-crop brigade. Here, in her native village, she got married and received a surname with which she lived the rest of her life. Only mother's songs were given at the wedding at the link beet-growing brigade.
With a song through life
Oddly enough, the biography of Maria Mordasova fits on one page of the typewritten text. Basically, state awards and works that the singer performed are listed. Even the most informed sources sparingly cover the personal life of a temperamental and pleasant-looking woman. According to her constitution, Marusya was a typical village girl who exactly fits the definition of "blood and milk". A calm, judicious husband, children, and housework and gardening are her traditional destiny.
There is reason to believe that the People's Artist of the USSR would be completely satisfied with a simple share and human happiness. But according to indirect data, one can judge that life with the first husband did not work out. In the peasant environment, such situations are regarded as a painful drama. Maria Mordasova from depression, as it is customary to classify mental trauma today, was saved by the song. Before the war, in 1938, she moved to Voronezh. In a big city with rich cultural traditions, a singer with unique vocal abilities was noticed from the first days.
Despite the fact that Mordasova did not receive a special education at one time, active participation in creative teams bore fruit. The singer was gaining experience from older comrades, composers, musicians, poets. It is important to emphasize that the creative career of the People's Artist was formed on the basis of primary education. The performer on the stage and the audience in the hall were "of the same blood." And their life values were the same. Both problems and ideas about happiness. The famous cycle of ditties about Timonya from the first concert became a hit, as they say today.
In 1943, immediately after the liberation of Voronezh, a Russian folk choir was formed in the city. Maria Mordasova made a huge contribution to the formation of the team. Old songs were recorded and new ones were created. It is difficult to achieve national recognition by releasing only records and speaking on the radio. Tours on the fronts and liberated territories brought the folk choir truly universal love and recognition. They said that the offensive on some fronts began with listening to ditties performed by Mordasova.
Short memory of descendants
People who were closely acquainted with the singer knew that she constantly collected and preserved folk songs and melodies. Well, what kind of music can you play on a balalaika - one stick, three strings? It turns out as much as possible. Thanks to the efforts and efforts of Maria Mordasova, many folk motives and tunes were appropriately processed and entered the repertoires of venerable performers. The work with the texts was carried out in the same way. The singer herself professionally rhymed biting lines. Lovers of statistics have counted more than three hundred such works.
After the Victory, in 1945, Maria married Ivan Rudenko. Husband and wife worked in the same team. Ivan played the accordion masterly. Quite naturally and in a timely manner, a creative duet took shape, which took its well-deserved place in the history of folk art. In those years, the country was actively reviving after a destructive war. Moreover, remote territories were intensively developed, where the untouched taiga was rustling, where sand dunes flowed. The Voronezh Folk Choir performed everywhere. There is no such point on the map wherever a ditty in a live performance of a folk artist reaches.
Eh, you sang ditties loudly, you made the people laugh. So fervently and skillfully hardly anyone else sings. This sincere assessment of the work of Maria Mordasova was given by grateful fans. Today on the stage there is a completely different situation and other idols. The great Russian singer ended her life in 1997.
