ТОРОПИСЬ 90 БАЛЛОВ Ответьте пожалуйста на вопросы ответы ищите в тексте 1.What does the balalaika look like? 2. When did people first start playing the balalaika? 3. How did rich people consider the balalaika? 4.When did Andre...

ТОРОПИСЬ 90 БАЛЛОВ Ответьте пожалуйста на вопросы ответы ищите в тексте 1.What does the balalaika look like? 2. When did people first start playing the balalaika? 3. How did rich people consider the balalaika? 4.When did Andreyev start writing music for the balalaika? 5. What happened in 1889? When you think of Russian Folk music, the balalaika immediately comes to mind. This womderful triangular shaped string instrument from the 17th century is one of Russia is national symbols. The early balalaika was a very simple and cheap instrument to make and was very popular with poorer people who were living in the considerede. Many wealthy people looked down on the instrument and considered it more like a toy. However, in time more musicians began to like it and to take it seriously. One 19th century musicisn by the name of Vasily Vasilyevich Andreyev had become interested in the balalaika as a young boy and had learnt to play it. Later, when Andreyev was working as a musician in the salons of Saint Petersburg he began to write music for the balalaika and perform solo concerts with the instrument. He then created an orchesta with balalaika of different sizes. It was so successful that the musicians performed at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889. With this, the balalaika had found its place in modern music and had become popular even with the upper classes in Russia. It would soon become one of the country is national instruments and part of Russian identity.