Arkady Ostrovsky
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| Born | Arkady (Avraam) Il'ich Ostrovsky February 25 [ Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Occupation | Composer |
Arkady (Avraam) Il'ich Ostrovsky (also spelled Ostrovskij, Ostrovskyj
Life
Ostrovsky was born to a Jewish family in
He died in Sochi in 1967. In 2004, Ostrovsky got a star posthumously on the Star Square in Moscow.
Internet meme
In 2009, a 1976 video of singer
Ostrovsky's son, Mikhail, is quoted as saying:
We have been friends with Edik for about forty years. Dad valued him highly, and had he lived to this day he would be terribly happy to learn of the world-wide popularity of Vocalise. For him, the most important reward was not money but the popularity of his songs. You should have seen what used to happen to him when he met a group of people singing his hit loud.
— Mikhail Ostrovsky, Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian)
Hootenanny Singers
Ostrovsky is the author of dozens of popular songs in the post-Soviet countries. For example he is author of music for the song "Let there always be sunshine", which was "taken" under the name of 'Gabriel' into repertoire of the swedish band 'Hootenanny Singer' without specifying the author.
In Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFhphQcHpUY
In English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKskFdD-0Fk
External links
- memorial site (with music samples)
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