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Isaak Dunayevsky
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Soviet composer (1900–1955)
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Isaak Dunayevsky (Исаак Дунаевский) was a male composer, conductor, film score composer, and music educator. Born in Lokhvytsia, he held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. He was educated at the Kharkiv Conservatory and spoke Russian. His professional work encompassed film scores, music composition, and music education, with notable contributions to the song and operetta genres. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Composers.
Dunayevsky received several awards, including the Stalin Prize, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Badge of Honour, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. One of his notable works is *Moya Moskva*. He had a child named Maksim Dunayevsky. He died of a myocardial infarction in Moscow in 1955, with natural causes recorded. He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
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Film & TV
Lokhvitsa, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Lokhvytsia, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine]
Known for
- Легенды музыки — Self (archive footage)2015
- The Magic Beam — Self (archive footage)1963
- Concert on the Screen1940
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Active from
- 1900
- Active to
- 1955
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 542
- Total plays
- 2,485
Tags
Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky also Dunaevsky or Dunaevski (Russian: Исаак Осипович Дунаевский; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1900 Lokhvitsa, Poltava - 25 July 1955, Moscow) was a Soviet composer and conductor, who specialized in "light music" for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigory Aleksandrov. Dunayevsky studied at the Kharkiv Musical School in 1910 where he studied violin under Joseph Achron (1886-1943). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Isaak+Dunayevsky
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Lokhvytsia
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Child
- Maksim Dunayevsky
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Kharkiv Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Honorary Railwayman
- Notable work
- Moya Moskva
- Genre
- operetta
- Image
- Isaak Dunaevsky.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Isaak Dunaevsky
- date of birth
- 1900-01-30
- date of death
- 1955-07-25
- member of
- Union of Soviet Composers
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Исаак Дунаевский
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