Alexander Mosolov - Four Newspaper Announcements, Op. 21

Alexander Mosolov (1900 - 1973) - Four Newspaper Announcements, Op. 21 (1928) I. “Скажите всем...“ [0:00] II. “Собака сбежала...“ [0:19] III. “Гражданин Заика...“ [0:50] IV. “Лично хожу...“ [1:57] Natalia Pschenitschnikova, soprano Steffen Schleiermacher, piano (2014) In Four Newspaper Announcements, Mosolov set four brief announcements in the newspaper Izvestiya to music. The topics of the four short pieces range from a lost dog to the announcement of a name change. The experiment in musical Dadaism satirizes the banality of the announcements by setting them to serious and complex music. Here is the full text of the four songs, in Russian and English: I. Скажите всем, что высшего качества пиявки покупайте и ставьте только Пэ.Эн.Артемьева. Watch out everybody! For leeches of excellent quality buy and apply only those of Pe. En. Artemyev. II. Собака сбежала! Сука, английский сеттер, белая, с кофейными пятнами!... От покупки и продажи предостерегаю… Доставившего вознагражу!... Dog ran away! Female, English setter, white, with brown spots! I warn you against any purchase or sale. Reward given! III. Гражданин «Заика» Стефан Наумович, происходящий из граждан хутора Бабич Дон-округа переменяет фамилию «Заика» на «Носенко»!... Лиц, имеющих препятствие к перемене фамилии, просят сообщить в Краснодар! Citizen Stefan Naumovich Zaika, originating from the citizens of the Babich farm of the Don District, is about to change his surname from “Zaika“ to “Nosenko“! Anyone who has an objection against him changing his surname is asked to report it to Krasnodar! IV. Лично хожу… Крыс, мышей морить!... Есть отзывы!... Двадцать пять лет практики… I take care of it myself! Rat and mouse extermination! With recommendations! Twenty-five years of experience! (sources: Wikipedia, , (text and translation)) Original audio: