Svetit Mesyats Tschaika Cossacks 1971

"Svetit Mesyats" (Brightly shines the moon, La lune brille, Mondschein) is the most played balalaika piece. It is always played in D-Major so everybody can join in and create their own variations. The Tschaika Cossacks of 1971 were Dieter Hauptmann (DE), Pyotr Bondarenko (DE/UA), Sasha Vlassov (BG/GR), and Jeff Stover (US).

[@RajSarchimelia]

vielen vielen dank fuer solche seltene aufnahmen. gesundheit dem herrn dieter.

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

Danke, werden wir ausrichten.

[@bradbray1737]

Jeff is a stud on that big bass guitar!!!

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

That ain't no bass guitar, dear, but a bass balalaika. The balalaika is like a violin, several sizes make an orchestra.

[@tonybarde2572]

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[@georgebraymusic]

You know, it's weird but that Jeff dude on the bass balalaika looks remarkably like a younger version of a guy that I've known my entire life named JF. What's even wilder is that they even share the same last name, Stover! I spose it's just one of those weird, wacky coincidences though, as I could never see him doing something like this. Still, pretty cool nonetheless.

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

It's probably the same person.

[@georgebraymusic]

@@hauptmannbalalaika Nah, I can't see it. The Jeff in this video looks like he knows his way around a balalaika or two, while the JF I know has always been more of a banjo guy.

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

My husband Dieter played banjo before being turned to balalaika by a Don Cossacks' son. You are opening a mystery box. "Our" Jeff had indeed a capital F in his name but I never knew what it stood for. If he had played banjo, I might have gotten to know in the years I knew him. We might be looking at a Doppelgänger situation.