Dmitry Pokrass
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Dmitry Yakovlevich Pokrass (Russian: Дмитрий Яковлевич Покрасс)(07 December 1899, Kiev – 20 December 1978, Moscow). (see also Pokrass brothers)
The national actor of the USSR (1975). In the age of eight years in searches of earnings executed couplets, beat off a chechotka, going on tour on cities, absorbing music of suburbs of old Kiev, music of military orchestras, the Jewish weddings and parties, cinemas, sinagogas services and cheerful Ukrainian dancings. In 1914-1917 it was trained in the Petrograd conservatory on a class of a piano. The student composed romances and songs for actors of a variety show. Has published a series of romances "Ирмочка" (" Grimaces of a life ") with the warning: " Intimate песенки a cabaret of a genre Izy Kremer, Vertinsky, Сабинина, Хенкина ". In music of romances copied stylistic manners known салонных actors, used turns of fashionable tangoes, тустепа, a waltz-Boston. Wrote песенки " an intimate genre " for the executor of " a bayan of a gipsy song " V.Shujskogo (" the Bashful tea rose "," you have smiled to me "," Warrant officer Johns "," Tango Долорес ", on P.Germana, O.Osenina's item). In 1917 has returned to Kiev, worked as the accompanist. In 1919 in Rostov-on-Don worked at variety theatre " Curve Джимми ". In 1919-1921 served in the First Horse army. In honour of clearing Rostov by the First Horse army has written the song which has received national popularity, " Budyonny's March " (1920, А.Д'Актиля). To brother-soldiers of the First Horse army has devoted some more products (" the Gay-gay, saddle horses ", D.Bednogo , a cantata "Forward", a song-march " Red cavalrymen " - both on S.Minina).
With 1923 - in Moscow, worked in different genres of variety music. Wrote music for theatres of miniatures and a cabaret, in "Альказаре" T.Tsereteli accompanied, to gipsy chorus, the gipsy, to performers of a gipsy song of E.Dobero, O.Varginoj. Tried to overcome inertia of variety stamps in romances on texts of "high" poetry - A.Bloka's verses (" I at your legs "), I.Severjanina (" I feel how flowers " fall), etc.
In 1923-1926 main conductor and managing a musical part of Moscow theatres " Oriental carpets " and "Hermitage". In 1926-1936 main conductor and managing a musical part of the Moscow music hall. With 1932 on 1954 worked in the co-authorship with brother Daniel Pokrass. In 1936 - 1972 it is thin. Hands. Variety orchestra of ЦДКЖ. The author of songs, music to films, and also music to drama performances. After death of brother Dmitry writes the "March of the Motorized Infantry " (Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky 1957), " Great city " (" the Song about Moscow ", item of the Newcomer, 1974), " Люба, Любушка, Luybov " ( П, Градова), " Native small town " (M.Svetlova's item, 1975), " the March of BAM " (M.Vershinina's item, 1975). The author of music to drama performances " Red Devils " (1950), "Конармия" (1950), products for a violin, romances. In 1936 - 1972 it is thin. Hands. Variety orchestra ZDKZh ( ЦДКЖ ). The author of songs, music to films, and also music to drama performances. After death of brother Dmitry writes " the March of motor-infantry " (1957 Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky), " Great city " (" the Song about Moscow ", item of the Newcomer, 1974), " Люба, Любушка, Любовь (Luba, Lubushka, Lyubov) " (П, Градова), " Native small town " (M.Svetlova 1975 ), " the March of BAM " (M.Vershinina 1975). The author of music to drama performances " Red devils " (1950), "Конармия" (1950), products for a violin, romances.
