Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
Василий Соловьёв-Седой
1982 Soviet postage stamp commemorating 75th anniversary of Solovyov-Sedoi's birth
Born	Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov (1907-04-25)25 April 1907 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	2 December 1979(1979-12-02) (aged 72) Leningrad, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Composer
Style	Classical

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; 25 April [O.S. 12 April] 1907 – 2 December 1979)^[1] was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.

Solovyov-Sedoi composed the music for many songs such as "Moscow Nights" (Russian: Подмосковные вечера) and "Nightingales" (Russian: Соловьи).^[2][3] He also wrote music for numerous films. The melody of the Moscow Nights by Solovyov-Sedoi resembles the famous On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away by Paul Dresser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXve4jdD3E Originally named Solovyov, when he entered the Union of Soviet Composers he added the suffix "Sedoi", meaning grey-haired, to avoid confusion with another composer with the same surname.^[2]

Filmography

• Heavenly Slug (1945)
• The First Glove (1946)
• World Champion (1954)
• Good Morning (1955)
• Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
• Be Careful, Grandma! (1960)
• Don Tale (1964)
• The Salvos of the Aurora Cruiser (1965)
• Virineya (1968)
• Fitil (1975)
• Sweet Woman (1976)
• A Taiga Story (1979)

References

External links

• "Василий Павлович Соловьев-Седой / Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy" (in Russian). Short biography