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Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1894 in Kiev – June 15, 1939 in New York City) was a Soviet composer of Russian and Jewish origin. In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, he and the poet P. Grigoryev wrote fighting songs for the Red Army, including "White Army, Black Baron".
Samuel Pokrass – "Two Roses", russian romance (before 1924). Author's transcription by Marianna Domnikova. Lyrics by Pavel German [presumably]. performed by ...
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Samuel Pokrass was born in 1893 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and composer, known for The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) and The Little Princess (1939). He died on 15 June 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer, Music Department, Composer
- June 15, 1939
- Samuel Pokrass
Samuel Pokrass (1897–1939), also known as Sam Pokrass, was a Soviet and American composer, pianist, brother of Arkady, Dmitry, and Daniel Pokrass. He enrolled in the Kiev Musical College in 1907 to study violin and piano.
Apr 13, 2022 · Composed by Pavel Gorinshtejn and Samuel Pokrass in 1920, in the midst of the Russian Civil War between the so-called “Red” (Bolshevik) and “White” (pro-Tsarist) Russian factions, “White Army, Black Baron” was intended as a combat ballad for Vladimir Lenin’s Red Army.
Samuel Pokrass of Hollywood, Calif., music composer for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, died yesterday of acute edema of the larynx and a heart attack at Roosevelt Hospital.
Sep 25, 2019 · Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1894 in Kiev – June 15, 1939 in New York City) was a Russian composer of Jewish origin. During the Soviet civil war in 1920, with poet P. Grigoryev, he wrote combat songs for the Red Arm
