1914 song by Nakayama Shimpei
Katyusha's Song, or "Song of Katyusha"[3] (カチューシャの唄, Kachūsha no Uta)[4] is a Japanese song which was highly popular in early-20th century Japan. It was composed in the major pentatonic scale by Shinpei Nakayama with lyrics by Soeda Azenbō [ja].[5] The song was sung by Matsui Sumako in a dramatization of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection,[6] first put on stage in 1914 in Tokyo.[7]
Influences
Katyusha's song became a national hit in Japan from 1913 onwards,[8] selling 27,000 copies[9] and was taken on by street corner musicians throughout the Empire of Japan. It is considered by some music historians as the first example of modern Japanese popular music.[10]
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