Nikita Bogoslovsky
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| Background information | |
| Born | 22 May 1913 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 4 April 2004 (aged 90) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1928–2004 |
Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (Template:Lang-ru; 22 May 1913 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 4 April 2004 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian composer.[1] Author of more than 300 songs, 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundtracks, and 52 scores for theater productions. Many of his songs were made for film.[1]
Bogoslovsky, was born into an aristocratic family. He studied composition with Aleksandr Glazunov in 1927–1928 and as an audit at Leningrad Conservatory in 1930–1934.[1]
Nikita 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).
In the post-Stalin period, Bogoslovskii was particularly successful with music for comedies, including Andrei Tutyshkin’s A Crazy Day (Bezumnyi den'’, 1956), Leonid Gaidai’s short films Barbos the Dog and an Unusual Cross-Country Race (Pes Barbos i neobychainyi kross, 1961) and Bootleggers (Samogonshchiki, 1961), and Igor Ilinskii’s An Old Acquaintance (Staryi znakomyi, 1969). But the composer also worked successfully in other genres too, contributing scores to Vainshtok’s Ostern, Horseman without Head (Vsadnik bez golovy, 1973), and Turkmen filmmaker Bulat Mansurov’s World War II film There Is No Death, Pals (Smerti net, rebiata! 1970). Bogoslovskii’s output ranged from pop to folklore and neoclassical symphonic tunes.[1]
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).[2]
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
- ^ a b c d Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 113–114. ISBN 1442268425.
- ^ "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.
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