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Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Russian composer

Died when: 72 years 221 days (871 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (??????? ???????? ????????-?????; 25 April [O.S. 12 April] 1907 – 2 December 1979) 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: ???????????? ??????) and "Nightingales" (Russian: ???????).He also wrote music for numerous films.

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.


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