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Boris Kravchenko
Boris Petrovich Kravchenko (Борис Петрович Кравченко) (29 November 1929 in Leningrad – 9 February 1979 in Leningrad) was a Russian composer. Works * Puppet opera for the State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales after Pushkin's The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda (Сказка о попе и работнике его Балде) 1972Georgi Turayev "The State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales" in ed. Malcolm Knight ''Proceedings of the Soviet/British Puppetry Conference: Glasgow'' 1992 p52 "The composer Boris Kravchenko, an old friend who wrote music for many of the company's productions, ... Boris Kravchenko wrote wonderful music, similar to folk music, which followed the simple and expressive style of Russian folk songs " References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kravchenko, Boris Russian composers Russian male composers 1929 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Russian male musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
