Ukrainian folk song "Down by Mother Volga"

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The Ukrainian folk song "Down by Mother Volga" is a traditional melody that gained wider recognition through its incorporation as a thematic basis in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ukrainian folk song
folk melody
associatedWithComposer Sergei Rachmaninoff NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ukraine NERFINISHED
culturalContext Ukrainian traditional music
genre folk music
hasAlternativeTitle Вниз по матінці Волзі NERFINISHED
hasTheme folk life
motherland
river Volga NERFINISHED
hasTitle Down by Mother Volga NERFINISHED
influencedWork Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 NERFINISHED
language Ukrainian
musicalFunctionInRachmaninoffSymphonyNo2 source of thematic material
notableFor being incorporated thematically into Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2
periodOfOrigin traditional, pre-20th century
regionAssociatedWith Ukrainian cultural sphere
typeOfWork vocal folk piece
usedAsThematicBasisIn Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 NERFINISHED
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 NERFINISHED

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Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 usesTheme Ukrainian folk song "Down by Mother Volga"