Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (; 22 May 1913, Saint Petersburg – 4 April 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more than 300 songs, 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundtracks, and 52 scores for theater productions. Many of his songs were made for film.
Bogoslovsky was born into an aristocratic family. He studied composition with Alexander Glazunov in 1927–1928 and as an audit at Leningrad Conservatory in 1930–1934.
He is best known for two Mark Bernes's trademark songs from the war film Two Soldiers (1943): "Tyomnaya noch" (Dark Is the Night) and "Shalandy polnye kefali" (Boats Full of Mullets).
In the post-Stalin period, Bogoslovsky was particularly successful with music for comedies. His output ranged from pop to folklore and neoclassical symphonic tunes.
Among his many honorary titles and state awards were People's Artist of the USSR (1983), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971), and Order of the Red Star (1946).
Filmography
Treasure Island (Остров сокровищ, 1938) A Great Life (Большая жизнь, 1939) The Fighters (Истребители, 1939) Mysterious Island (Таинственный остров, 1941) Alexander Parkhomenko (Александр Пархоменко, 1942) A Good Lad (Славный малый, 1942) Two Soldiers (Два бойца, 1943) It Happened in the Donbas (Это было в Донбассе, 1945) Fifteen-Year-Old Captain (Пятнадцатилетний капитан, 1945) A Crazy Day (Безумный день, 1956) Different Fortunes (Разные судьбы, 1956) 20,000 Leagues Across the Land (Леон Гаррос ищет друга, 1960) Thrice Resurrected (Трижды воскресший, 1960) It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (Человечка нарисовал я, 1960) Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс, 1961) Bootleggers (Самогонщики, 1961) No Fear, No Blame (Без страха и упрёка, 1962) An Easy Life (Лёгкая жизнь, 1964) The Mysterious Monk (Таинственный монах, 1967) Ilf and Petrov Rode a Tram (Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров, 1972) The Headless Horseman (Всадник без головы, 1973)
References
Video
, Nikita Bogoslovsky's song, sung by Mark Bernes in The Two Fighters (1943) film.
1913 births
2004 deaths
20th-century classical composers
20th-century classical pianists
20th-century Russian conductors (music) 20th-century Russian male musicians Musicians from Saint Petersburg People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd Gnessin State Musical College alumni Moscow Conservatory alumni Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Male classical pianists Male operetta composers Nobility from the Russian Empire Russian classical pianists Russian film score composers Russian male classical composers Russian male conductors (music) Russian television presenters Soviet classical pianists Soviet conductors (music) Soviet film score composers Soviet male classical composers Soviet television presenters Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery