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Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Russian composer (1907–1979)

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; 25 April [O.S. 12 April] 1907 – 2 December 1979)[1] was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.

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Solovyov-Sedoi composed the music for many songs such as "Moscow Nights" (Russian: Подмосковные вечера) and "Nightingales" (Russian: Соловьи).[2][3] He also wrote music for numerous films. The melody of the Moscow Nights by Solovyov-Sedoi resembles the famous On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away by Paul Dresser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXve4jdD3E Originally named Solovyov, when he entered the Union of Soviet Composers he added the suffix "Sedoi", meaning grey-haired, to avoid confusion with another composer with the same surname.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. [1]
    Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Composer's Grandson Sues Over Melody Use". The St. Petersburg Times. 2005-03-01. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  3. [3]
    Zhelezniy, Anatoly Ivanovich; Shemeta, Leonid Pavlovich (2010). Соловьи // Песенная летопись Великой Отечественной войны [Nightingales // Song Chronicle of the Great Patriotic War] (in Russian). Kyiv: Sovremennaya musyka. pp. 204–206.[ISBN missing]


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