Гандзя (Gandzia) -- Piano/Instrumental Cover

Gandzia (Ukrainian: Гандзя) is a Ukrainian folk song. It was composed by Denis Fedorovich Bonkovsky ("Денис Федорович Бонковський") in the 19th century and was included in and made popular in the broader USSR by Semyon Tchernetsky's 1938 Trot-March. Subscribe!:    / @spiritrev   Twitter:   / spiritrev_   Tchernetsky was a Major General of the Red Army and widely recognized as the founder of the modern Soviet/Russian military music tradition. In 1935, together with professor Heinrich Neuhaus at the Moscow Conservatory, he created the Military Faculty of the Moscow State Conservatory, where music students get a curriculum based on the conducting and combat repertoire. On 1 August 1937, Cherneysky founded the Moscow Military Music College as a means of building and enhancing the knowledge of potential military musicians in the Red Army. On June 24, 1945, Tchernetsky led the massed bands during the famous Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 on Red Square. Tchernetsky is highly regarded in the Russian military music sphere and one of the most outstanding Russian military composers in the 20th century. Depending on sources, he wrote between 100-200 marches, patriotic songs and other works in his lifetime. In addition to military marches, he also wrote some socio-political ones such as Glory to the Motherland, Lenin's Call and the March of Moscow Pioneers. Many of his military marches are the most famous and common ones used by the Russian Military Band Service, some of which have been used Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square for decades.