Matvey Blanter

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Isaakovich and the family name is Blanter.

Matvey Blanter
Матвей Блантер
Born(1903-02-10)10 February 1903
Pochep, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died27 September 1990(1990-09-27) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationComposer
Years active1920–1990

Matvey Isaakovich Blanter (10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1903 – 27 September 1990) was a Soviet composer, and one of the most prominent composers of popular songs and film music in the Soviet Union. Among many other works, he wrote the famous "Katyusha" (1938), performed to this day internationally. He was active as a composer until 1975, producing more than two thousand songs.


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