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DUNAYEVSKY ISAAK (1900-1955) Handwritten letter addressed to Valeria Alexandrovna (?). Undated.

Lot 717
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2 pp. 16.5x11 cm. Paper, ink. The letter discusses preparations for concerts in Voronezh, the start date of the concerts, and the need to begin rehearsals as soon as possible. It also mentions Georgy Andreevich Abramov (1903-1966), a Soviet singer and Honored Artist of the RSFSR. It probably refers to a series of concerts that took place in Voronezh in December 1938, in which G.A. Abramov also participated. Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky (1900 –1955) – famous Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov


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