|
Language: Russian | English
A.T.FomenkoDear fellow youth! If any of you have an interest in the guitar art song (today, in general, it has left the central stage), then we bring to your attention links to the songs of Mekhmatian Mikhail Mushnikov that appeared on the Internet in 2024 (1951-2016).This is from the history of our mechanics and mathematics department of the 70s. The part that supplemented mathematics.Mushnikov became known as the author of words, music, and performer of his own songs in the 70s, but then left music and worked as a mathematician at the institute. Author of words, music, performer. About 60 songs. The texts are rich, plot-driven, non-trivial rhymes (after all, the author is a mathematician), without repetition, easy to remember. Lyrical, humorous, pirate, philosophical. Including several cycles of songs for the Mechanics and Mathematics performances of that time. Collaborated with our music club TOPAZ (our concerts and Mushnikov’s performances were in the dorm living room B-16 of the Main Building of Moscow State University on Lenin Hills). His lyrical cycle was popular, as well as the “Pirate Songs” cycle. And also, truly a diamond in his treasury was the song “Ay, well done!” He was inspired by the lines from the Gospel of Matthew: “Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up the ghost. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook; and the stones dissipated; and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were resurrected, and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.” These lines gave rise to a well-known plot in the famous “Roadside Picnic” by the Strugatskys, popular in the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in those years. At the concerts of the Topaz club in B-16, we repeatedly listened to Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in its entirety, and I read fragments from the Gospel of Matthew to the audience. Once we discussed it with Mushnikov. He reflected the indicated gospel scene in one of his cycles.Once he performed at our house, and we recorded 41 songs on a tape recorder in 1978. I recently organized the digitization of a fortunately surviving cassette recording. The quality turned out to be good, although 46 years have passed. Then my colleagues recently managed to post this recording on the Internet.Misha died in 2016. Oncology. According to his will, the ashes were scattered over the Moscow River in front of Moscow State University.
From the history of the Mechanics and Mathematics Department of Moscow State University in the 70sFragment of the Preface by Ph.D. Associate Professor A.M. Popov to the collection “Ikhtiana” by M.N. Mushnikov, published by him in 2024.Mikhail Nikolaevich Mushnikov (01/18/1951-12/21/2016) was born in Moscow in the family of N.P. Mushnikov, who worked in the team of organizers of Soviet television. In 1968, Misha graduated from school and entered the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. In 1973, he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, served a year in the army and got a job as a mathematics teacher at the Moscow Institute of Management. As a student, he created the VIA vocal and instrumental ensemble “Chelesta” at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. He wrote songs and music for his ensemble, played lead guitar, and sang. He wrote more than fifty bard songs to be performed with a guitar. He performed them with success on the stage of Moscow State University, at student camps, at other universities, and in the living room of Moscow State University B-16. Also in B-16, the ensemble “Celesta” often performed in the student cafe “At the Limit”. Mikhail drew well. His humorous caricatures were published on the 16th page of the Literaturnaya Gazeta and appeared in the collections “Masters of Soviet Caricature.”At the end of the 70s, while relaxing at the dacha with his little daughter Margarita, Mikhail wrote “Ichthyana” - fifteen miniatures on the theme of how different authors would write the Tale of the Fisherman and the Little Fish.I met Misha during our student years at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1969. And since then I have followed his work with interest and pleasure. He collected a large collection of photocopies of his paintings and cartoons, lyrics and audio recordings of his songs. There are also original drawings and autographs.In addition to “Ikhtiana,” this collection also includes 46 lyrics from M. Mushnikov’s 60 songs. All texts have been restored from tape recordings. Most are from a high-quality recording of Mikhail’s performance visiting the family of academician A.T. Fomenko. and wife, professor T.N. Fomenko This recording was kindly provided to me by Anatoly TimofeevichA.M. Popov, Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow (May 2024)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://vk.com/id10800084 Vladimir Ulyanich, military sailor, retired captain 1st rank |
