Nikita Bogoslovsky
Nikita Bogoslovsky | |
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Background information | |
Born | Saint Petersburg, Russia | May 22, 1913
Died | April 4, 2004 Moscow, Russia | (aged 90)
Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor |
Instruments | Piano |
Years active | 1928–2004 |
Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (Russian: Никита Владимирович Богословский; May 22, 1913 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – April 4, 2004 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more than 200 songs, 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundtracks, and 52 scores for theater productions.
Bogoslovsky is best known for two Mark Bernes's trademark songs from the war film Two Soldiers (1943): "Tyomnaya noch" (Dark Is the Night) and "Shalandy polnye kefali" (Boats Full of Mullets).
Among his many honorary titles and state awards were People's Artist of the USSR (1983), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971), and Order of the Red Star (1946).[1]
Selected filmography[]
- Treasure Island (Остров сокровищ, 1938)
- A Great Life (Большая жизнь, 1939)
- The Fighters (Истребители, 1939)
- Mysterious Island (Таинственный остров, 1941)
- Alexander Parkhomenko (Александр Пархоменко, 1942)
- A Good Lad (Славный малый, 1942)
- Two Soldiers (Два бойца, 1943)
- It Happened in the Donbass (Это было в Донбассе, 1945)
- Fifteen-Year-Old Captain (Пятнадцатилетний капитан, 1945)
- A Crazy Day (Безумный день, 1956)
- Different Fortunes (Разные судьбы, 1956)
- 20,000 Leagues Across the Land (Леон Гаррос ищет друга, 1960)
- Thrice Resurrected (Трижды воскресший, 1960)
- It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (Человечка нарисовал я, 1960)
- Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс, 1961)
- Bootleggers (Самогонщики, 1961)
- No Fear, No Blame (Без страха и упрёка, 1962)
- An Easy Life (Лёгкая жизнь, 1964)
- The Mysterious Monk (Таинственный монах, 1967)
- As Ilf and Petrov rode a tram (Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров, 1972)
- The Headless Horseman (Всадник без головы, 1973)
References[]
- ^ "Никита Владимирович Богословский". www.biograph.ru. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
Video[]
- Dark Night on YouTube, Nikita Bogoslovsky's song, sung by Mark Bernes in The Two Fighters (1943) film.
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century pianists
- 20th-century Russian conductors (music)
- 20th-century Russian male musicians
- People from Saint Petersburg
- People from Saint Petersburg Governorate
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Gnessin School of Music alumni
- Moscow Conservatory alumni
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Russian musician stubs
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Operetta composers
- Russian conductors (music)
- Russian film score composers
- Russian male classical composers
- Russian male composers
- Russian pianists
- Russian television presenters
- Soviet conductors (music)
- Soviet film score composers
- Soviet male classical composers
- Soviet male composers
- Soviet pianists
- Soviet television presenters
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery