this be be comment on only because serge prokofiev ( 1891 1953 ) may not of know at first just how powerful a score and how actually majestic these lyric really be . if you read the lyric to alexander nevsky op . 78 there be nothing here that be less than a witness through the song to one of the most beautiful and move score in all of musical literature . this film with it accompany score have a special place in the world and that may be just a true on the internet a anywhere . the composer own website which be underwritten by his estate provide for additional care give such a score a this score truly deserve . it be to me as deep a it be wide with such boldness that you wish to be the one and the one they call great novgorod . this be a song about alexander nevsky . yes and it happen on the river neva on the river neva and on the wide water . there we slew our foespick of fight men there pick of fight men and the army of swede . ah . how we fight and how we rout them . ah . smash their ship of war to kindle . in the fight our blood be freely shed for our great land and our native russian land . hey . where the broadaxe swung be a an open street and through their rank a lane where spear run . we mow down the invade swede like feather grass grow on desert soil . we shall never yield native russian land . they who march on russia shall be put to death . rise against the foe and russian land and arise and rise to arm and great novgorod . ( the call to arm go on ) arise to arm and ye russian folk and in battle just and in the fight to death and arise and ye people free and brave and defend our fair native land . to live warrior high esteem and immortal fame to warrior slay . for native home and for russian soil and arise ye people and russian folk . in our great native russia no foe shall live . rise to arm and arise and native mother russia . no foe shall march across russian land and no foreign troop shall raid russia and unseen be the way to russia . no foe shall ravage russian field . ( here dear reader we be ask to live forever with the following verse ) titledthe field of the dead i shall go across the snow clad field and i shall fly above the field of death . i shall search for valiant warrior and my betrothed and my stalwart youth . here lie one fell by a wild saber and there lie one impale by an arrow . from their wound blood fell like rain on our native soil and on our russian field . he who fell for russia in noble death shall be bless by my kiss on his dead eye while and to him and brave lad and who remain alive i shall be a true wife and a loving friend . ill not be wed to a handsome man and earthly charm and beauty fast fade and die . i will be wed to the man who brave and give ye heed to this and brave warrior . ( now to it conclusion with nevskys entry into pskov ) in a great campaign russia go to war . russia put down the hostile troop . in our native land no foe shall live . foe who come shall be put to death . celebrate and sing and native mother russia . in our native land foe men shall not live . foe shall never see russian town and field while they who march on russia shall be put to death . in our russia great and in our native russia no foe shall live . celebrate and sing and native mother russia . all of russia come in triumph to the celebration . celebrate and rejoice and russian motherland . it should be note that prokofiev be under quite a bit of pressure from stalin and to if you will and make good . this musical score be really very much approve of by stalin . to me there be a unmistakable beauty in how we love this world and nevsky tell of a hero whose god like attribute provide for all participation in that love . a truly beautiful and furtive telling of the story of alexander nevsky .