Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy
Василий Соловьёв-Седой
1982 Soviet postage stamp commemorating 75th anniversary of Solovyov-Sedoi's birth
Born	Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov (1907-04-25)25 April 1907 Saint Petersburg,Russian Empire
Died	2 December 1979(1979-12-02) (aged 72) Leningrad,Soviet Union
Occupation	Composer
Style	Classical

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy (Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; 25 April [O.S. 12 April] 1907 – 2 December 1979)^[1] was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died inLeningrad.

Originally named Solovyov, when he entered theUnion of Soviet Composers he added the suffix "Sedoy", meaning grey-haired, to avoid confusion with another composer with the same surname.^[2]

Solovyov-Sedoy composed the music for many songs such as "Moscow Nights" (Russian:Подмосковные вечера) and "Nightingales" (Russian:Соловьи).^[2][3] He also wrote music for numerous films.

• Heavenly Slug (1945)
• The First Glove (1946)
• World Champion (1954)
• Good Morning (1955)
• Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
• Be Careful, Grandma! (1960)
• Don Tale (1964)
• The Salvos of the Aurora Cruiser (1965)
• Virineya (1968)
• Fitil (1975)
• Sweet Woman (1976)
• A Taiga Story (1979)

• "Василий Павлович Соловьев-Седой / Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy" (in Russian). Short biography

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