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Pokrass
Pokrass (russian: Покрасс) is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname. * Pokrass brothers, composing team **Dmitry Pokrass (1899–1978), Soviet composer **Samuel Pokrass Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1894 in Kiev – June 15, 1939 in New York City) was a Soviet composer of Ukrainian and Jewish origin. In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, he and the poet P. Grig ... (1897–1939), Soviet-American composer * Sian Barbara Allen (b. 1946), American actress (born Barbara Susan Pokrass) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Pokrass
Dmitry Yakovlevich Pokrass (russian: Дми́трий Я́ковлевич Покра́сс; born on 7 November 1899 in Kiev – died on 20 December 1978 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer of Jewish origin. He composed popular music and scores for the theatre and films. Dmitry Pokrass was recognized in 1975 as a People's Artist of the USSR. (See also Pokrass brothers) Biography Early Years and Education At eight years of age, Dmitry Pokrass began performing as a means of earning money. He declaimed poetry, beating off a chechotka. Touring cities, he absorbed the music of the suburbs of old Kiev, of military bands, Jewish weddings and celebrations, the cinema, synagogue services, and cheerful Ukrainian dances. During the years 1914–1917, Pokrass studied piano at the Petrograd Conservatory. As a student, he composed romances and songs for actors of a variety show. Has published a series of romances "Irmochka" ("The Grimaces of Life") with the description: "Intimate cabar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokrass Brothers
The Pokrass brothers were Soviet composing siblings: * Dmitry Pokrass (1899–1978) * (1905–1954) — the youngest brother, Soviet musician * Samuel Pokrass (1897–1939) — the elder brother; emigrated to the United States in 1920s Dmitry was the most famous of the brothers. He wrote most of his songs together with Daniil. They also had a fourth brother: * Arkady Pokrass — pianist and accompanist Selected works by the Pokrass brothers * "March of the Soviet Tankmen March of the Soviet Tankmen (russian: Марш советских танкистов) is a 1939 military march composed by the Pokrass brothers and with lyrics by (Борис Савельевич Ласкин), whose debut was in the 1939 movie ..." ("Марш советских танкистов") * "Welcome Us, Beautiful Suomi (Finland)" ("Принимай нас, Суоми-красавица", "Suomi-kaunotar") * "You Won't Mow Us Down with a Sharp Sabre" ("Не скосить нас саблей о ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Pokrass
Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1894 in Kiev – June 15, 1939 in New York City) was a Soviet composer of Ukrainian and Jewish origin. In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, he and the poet P. Grigoryev wrote fighting songs for the Red Army, including " White Army, Black Baron." That song's melody was used for the song ''Die Arbeiter von Wien'' ("The Workers of Vienna") in Red Vienna. Pokrass later emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a composer in Hollywood from 1934 to 1939, and was known primarily for the musical film ''The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight ...''. References *A. V. Shilov, Из истории первых советских песен (1917–24), М., 1963 *A. Sokhor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singular: , Modern Hebrew: are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. Their traditional diaspora language is Yiddish (a West Germanic language with Jewish linguistic elements, including the Hebrew alphabet), which developed during the Middle Ages after they had moved from Germany and France into Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. For centuries, Ashkenazim in Europe used Hebrew only as a sacred language until the revival of Hebrew as a common language in 20th-century Israel. Throughout their numerous centuries living in Europe, Ashkenazim have made many important contributions to its philosophy, scholarship, literature, art, music, and science. The rabbinical term ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
