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Mark Bernes
Mark Naumovich Bernes (russian: link=no, Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (,This date: – is a mistake found in the ''Great Soviet Encyclopaedia''. True date: – was engraved on the Bernes's gravestone at Novodevichy Cemetery (Moscow), and also confirmed by Bernes's daughter Natasha. – 16 August 1969) was a Soviet actor and singer,Mark Bernes' biography – www.kino-teatr.ru who performed some of the most poignant songs to come out of , including "Dark Night" (russian: link=no, Тёмная ночь, "Tyomnaya noch"; 1943) and " [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhyn
Nizhyn ( uk, Ні́жин, Nizhyn, ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the administrative center of Nizhyn Raion. It hosts the administration of Nizhyn urban hromada which is one of the hromadas of Ukraine and was once a major city of the Chernigov Governorate. Nizhyn has a population of History The earliest known references to the location go back to 1147, when it was briefly mentioned as Unenezh. In the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Nizhyn was granted Magdeburg rights (1625) as a self-governing town. In 1663 Nizhyn was the place of the Black Council of Ukrainian Cossacks, which elected Bryukhovetsky as the new Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host thus conditionally dividing Ukraine (Cossack Hetmanate) into left-bank Ukraine and right-bank Ukraine. It was also the seat of a major Cossack regiment (until 1782). Nizhyn was once a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. ''Yank'' magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. In 1948, ''Music Digest'' estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemies Burnt The Dear House Down
"Enemies burnt the dear house down" (russian: Враги сожгли родную хату; ''Vragi sozhgli rodnyjy khatu'') is a famous Russian song associated with the Great Patriotic War, based on a poem by Mikhail Isakovsky (1946). It depicts losses and sufferings of the war generation and devastation of the country during Nazi occupation. History Originally, the poem was written by Mikhail Isakovsky and published in a popular literature journal Znamya (1946, no.7). Impressed by the poems' lyrical strength, a distinguished poet and influential public person Aleksandr Tvardovsky advised composer Matvey Blanter to write music. Initially, Isakovsky was sceptical, but Blanter soon composed music that Isakovsky liked. The song was broadcast in the same year, performed by Vladimir Nechaev. However, some higher officials considered it too tragic and pessimistic and therefore forbade its public performances and broadcasting. People continued to perform the poem as a song on their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do The Russians Want War?
"Do the Russians Want War?" (russian: «Хотят ли русские войны?», Khotyat li russkiye voyny?) is a 1961 List of anti-war songs, anti-war song written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and set to music by Eduard Kolmanovsky. Yevtushenko later said he wrote the song in response to conversations he had with foreigners while traveling in Western Europe and the United States. The lyrics evoke the peaceful Russian countryside, the memory of the millions of lives lost in the World War II, Second World War, and the friendly meeting of U.S. and Soviet soldiers on Elbe Day. The song was first performed by Mark Bernes, who had collaborated with Kolmanovsky before. Upon first hearing the song in a recording studio, Bernes disliked the melody and persuaded Kolmanovsky to rewrite the music. Bernes performed the song in public on the eve of the 22nd party conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Soviet Communist Party in 1961. The following year, delegates to the World P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Song
The swan song ( grc, κύκνειον ᾆσμα; la, carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before their death since they have been silent (or alternatively not so musical) for most of their lifetime. The belief, whose basis has been long debated, had become proverbial in ancient Greece by the 3rd century BC and was reiterated many times in later Western poetry and art. Swans learn a variety of sounds throughout their lifetime. Their sounds are more distinguishing during courting rituals and not correlated with death. Origin and description In Greek mythology, the swan was a bird consecrated to Apollo, and it was therefore considered a symbol of harmony and beauty and its limited capabilities as a singer were sublimated to those of songbirds. Aesop's fable of "The Swan and the Goose" incorporates the swan song legend as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Is The Night (Soviet Song)
''Dark is the Night'' (Тёмная ночь, lit. ''Dark Night'') is a famous Soviet song associated with the Great Patriotic War. It was originally performed by Mark Bernes in the 1943 war film '' Two Soldiers''. The song was composed by Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913-2004), lyrics by Vladimir Agatov specially for the film '' Two Soldiers''. Leonid Utyosov, without knowledge and without permission of authors and film unit, recorded the song, thus becoming the first to do so, but it was Bernes' performance that made it so popular. In the film, Bernes is a soldier who recalls his wife and baby at night while singing the song. The official experts were keen to accuse Bogoslovsky of propagating "Philistine" sentimental tunes.Tatiana Egorova. ''Soviet Film Music''. Routledge, 1997. . Page 79. Though ostracized by the authorities, the song became a symbol of the war years for millions of Soviet people. ''Dark Is the Night'' has been described as "a gentle lyrical song imbued with a feeling o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792. In 1794, the modern city of Odesa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Cather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
