“I devoted my work forever to youth”: 120 years since the birth of Isaac Dunaevsky
2020-01-30T10:46:06.943Z
January 30, 1900 was born the Soviet composer, classic of mass song and People's Artist of the RSFSR Isaac Dunaevsky. From an early age he was accompanied by music: little Dunaevsky easily picked up melodies by ear on the piano, and from the age of eight he learned to play the violin. In 1919, he graduated from the conservatory in Kharkov, and later got a job in a theater orchestra. After moving to Moscow, the composer was the musical director of the Hermitage variety theater, and then the Satire Theater. Then he wrote his first operettas: “Both ours and yours”, “Grooms” and “Knives”. Dunaevsky gained all-Union fame as the author of music for films - he wrote the melodies from the films “Jolly Fellows”, “Seekers of Happiness”, “Kuban Cossacks”, “Children of Captain Grant” and many others. Isaac Dunaevsky is a laureate of two Stalin Prizes, as well as the holder of the orders of the Red Star, the Red Banner of Labor and the Badge of Honor.
Source: russiart