You Fell Victim to a Fateful Struggle

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"You Fell Victim" (Russian: Вы жертвою пали, romanized: Vy žértvoju páli, IPA: [vɨ ˈʐɛrtvəjʊ ˈpalʲɪ]), also "You Fell Victim to a Fateful Struggle",^[1] is a Russian Marxist and revolutionary funeral march. It acted as the funeral dirge of the Russian revolutionary movement, among them the Bolsheviks.^[1]

The song was written in 1878; the lyrics were written by Anton Arkhangelsky, and the musical arrangements were made by Nikolay Ikonikov.^[2]

During the funeral of the Bolshevik Nikolay Bauman, a student orchestra joined the procession near the St. Petersburg Conservatory, playing "You Fell Victim to a Fateful Struggle" repeatedly.^[1]

The melody of "You Fell A Victim" was used by Dmitri Shostakovich in the third part of his Symphony No. 11; it had since the end of the 19th century often been the funeral march of Russian revolutionaries.^[3]^[4] The same melody was used in Edmund Meisel's score for Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, in the scene of the funeral of Grigory Vakulinchuk.^[5]

The melody also forms the basis of the 1936 composition "Russian Funeral" by Benjamin Britten, scored for brass and percussion.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Figes, Orlando (2014). A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. London: The Bodley Head. pp. 198–9. ISBN 9781847922915.
^ "Вы жертвою пали (Vy zhertvoiu pali) / You fell victims". Marxists.org. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ Königsberg & Mikheev 2000, p. 600.
^ Druskin, Mikhail Semenovich (1954). Русская революционная песня. M. p. 159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Patalas E. "Хождения по мукам "Броненосца "Потемкин""". Киноведческие записки 2005, № 72. Retrieved 2016-10-08.