Samuel Pokrass
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Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1897, Kiev – September 15, 1939, New York) was a Jewish American composer
. During the Soviet civil war in 1920, with poet P. Grigoryev, he wrote combat songs for the Red Army, including "White Army, Black Baron
." He later emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a composer in Hollywood.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. During the Soviet civil war in 1920, with poet P. Grigoryev, he wrote combat songs for the Red Army, including "White Army, Black Baron
White Army, Black Baron
White Army, Black Baron is a marching song written by Pavel Grigor'ev and composed by Samuil Pokrass. Written in 1920, during the Russian Civil War, the song was meant as a combat anthem for the Red Army.In a Soviet-era animation set to the song, the march is sung by Ivan Baranov...
." He later emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a composer in Hollywood.
External links
- Samuel Pokrass in the Russian Wikipedia