Alexander Dolsky

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Alexander Alexandrovich Dolsky (Russian: Александр Александрович Дольский) (born on July 7, 1938 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg)) is a Russian poet, writer, artist, and most famously known for being a bard.

Dolsky graduated from the Ural Polytechnical Institute in 1963 and in the same year he also graduated from Music school, majoring in guitar. He has lived in Saint Petersburg since 1975 where he has worked in the City Building Institute, and as an actor in the Leningrad Miniature Theater (since 1979).

Dolsky started to write songs when he was in high school (1949). He wrote music and poetry for several movies. He has also acted in a few movies. Dolsky wrote music to the poetry of French, English, American, and Russian poets. The following records were published by the recording company Melodiya:

• «Музыка над моей головой»
• «Старинные часы» (1979)
• «Звезда на ладони» (1980)
• «Государство синих глаз» (1981)
• «Ленинградские акварели» (1983)
• «Теплые звезды» (1985)
• «Прощай, ХХ век» (1987)
• «Оглянись не во гневе» (1988)
• «Пейзаж в раме» (1987)
• «На круги своя»
• «Тайная вечеря» (1991)
• «Российские барды. А. Дольский» (2000)

The following were published as compact disks:

• «Возвращение в Петербург» (1995)
• «Звезда на ладони» (1995)
• «Ангел-хранитель» (1996)
• «Недострелянная птица» (1996)
• «Туманы и дожди» (1997)
• «Русский вопрос» (1997)
• «Трава и ветер» (1997)

Since 1996, 10 compact disks have been published with a mix of old and new songs:

• «Старинные часы»
• «Государство синих глаз»
• «Ленинградские акварели»
• «Теплые звезды»
• «Прощай, ХХ век»
• «Оглянись не во гневе»
• «Пейзаж в раме»
• «Музыка над моей головой»
• «На круги своя»