Pokrass (russian: Покрасс) is a common
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
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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 wa ...
, composing team
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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 ...
(1899–1978), Soviet composer
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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
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Sian Barbara Allen (b. 1946), American actress (born Barbara Susan Pokrass)
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