"The Gusliar": A Collection of Folk and Revolutionary Songs for an Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments.

["The Gusliar": A Collection of Folk and Revolutionary Songs for an Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments (Domras and Balalaikas) and Choir (Ad Libitum)]. "Gusliar": Sbornik Narodnykh i Revolutsionnykh Pesen dlia Orkestra Russkikh Narodnykh Instrumentov (Domry i Balalaiki) i Khora (Ad Libitum). Part II. Moskva-Petrograd, Muzykalnyi sektor Gosizdata, 1923. 4to, 26 pp. of music. In original pictorial wrappers. Near very good condition, lightly rubbed to back cover, short tears to back cover. A rare collection of notes for Russian folk instruments.        Two volumes of musical scores were published under this title. The first volume opens with a preface by Aleksandr Ilukhin (1900–1972) — a musician, conductor, and prominent figure in the field of Russian folk instrumental music. In 1921, he participated in the founding of the first Moscow Great Russian Orchestra of Folk Instruments and was actively involved in establishing folk orchestras in various military and civilian institutions.