Melancolie
Melancolie is a Moldovan Soviet song written in Romanian by Petre Teodorovici and Grigore Vieru. The well known song was performed by various singers such as Sofia Rotaru, Angela Similea, Ion Suruceanu, and others. Both Rotaru and Suruceanu appeared in the Soviet Union|Soviet film] Dnestrovskiye melodiy of the 1970s.
A megahit in the Soviet Union in 1983.
History
Composer Pyotr Teodorovich first sold it to singer for 150 Soviet rubles.And then, as it turns out, to Sofia Rotaru for 250 rubles. Why the composer did this is unknown, but each singer began to consider the song their own and performed it in concert.