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Performers describe the raw power of the choir's "screaming" chords, designed to evoke the terror and bravery of the era.

The Alexandrov Red Army Choir performs the “Sacred War” song or Svyaschennaya Voyna (Священная война). With English subtitles. alexandrovci_svjascennaja_vojna_svyashhennaya_v...

Poet Vasily Lebedev-Kumach published the lyrics on June 24, 1941. By the next day, ensemble founder Alexander Alexandrov had composed the music. Performers describe the raw power of the choir's

The song is characterized by its "noble fury" (Russian: blagorodnaya yarost ), a phrase from the lyrics that calls for a "sacred war" against "dark forces". Poet Vasily Lebedev-Kumach published the lyrics on June

On June 26, 1941, the ensemble performed it for the first time at Moscow’s Belorussky Railway Station for soldiers heading to the front. Eyewitnesses say they were asked to perform it five times in a row. The Sound of "Noble Fury"

Because there was no time to print sheet music, Alexandrov reportedly wrote the notes on a blackboard for the choir to copy manually.