Prolific Soviet-Era Composer Dead at 90

[ASUmusicMAN]

Prolific Soviet-Era Composer Dead at 90

Sun Apr 4,10:01 AM ET

MOSCOW - Soviet-era composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, who wrote more than 300 musical scores, has died, according to Russian news reports Sunday. He was 90.

His wife, Alla Sivashova-Bogoslovskaya, told the ITAR-Tass news agency that her husband died overnight Saturday to Sunday.

Bogoslovsky composed music for 120 films and 80 shows, becoming one of the Soviet Union's most beloved composers, ITAR-Tass said. During World War II, he gave concerts near the front lines and at military hospitals. Among his most famous compositions were "Dark Night" and "I dreamed of you for three years."

"His songs represent the history of our country," Vladislav Kazenin, chairman of the Union of Composers, told ITAR-Tass. "They expressed all the feelings, cares and aspirations of our people."

President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) also expressed condolences, the Kremlin said.

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[DudeAsInCool]

Have you heard his work before, ASU? Of the Russian composers, Im a big fan of Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov...

[ASUmusicMAN]

I have studied his works, but I don't have copies so my memory is a little shaky...but Russian composers are always great fun to listen to...such style :good job:

Rimsky-Korsakov is freakin' awesome...love his stuff, and Stravinsky is cool because of the non jazz "jazz" influences. Stravinsky (who I believe was a student of RK...imagine that) wrote jazz harmonies in many of his pieces waaay before jazz became prevelant, so you KNOW he had a lot going on upstairs...very good picks :relaxin: