Composer Andrei Petrov died

Yesterday it became known about the death of the famous composer Andrei Petrov. From the second of February, he was in the intensive care unit of the Military Medical Academy of St. Petersburg, where he was placed in connection with a stroke. The name of Andrei Petrov, who celebrated the seventy -five anniversary last year, is well known to all lovers of music - a whole era in Soviet and Russian musical culture is associated with his activities.

Petrov is not only the author of the operas Peter the Great and Mayakovsky begins, Pushkin’s ballet, music for theatrical performances and numerous symphonic works, but also the creator of popular songs, known as Edita Piehi, Eduard Hilya and Nani Bregvadze. The wide fame and love of the public was earned by his music, which sounded in films, among which such pearls of Soviet cinema as “I Walk around Moscow”, “Autumn Marathon”, “Apply a Word”, “Beware of the Car”, “Service Roman” about the poor hussar. Oleg Dal, Andrei Mironov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, were the performers of his songs in the cinema. Symphonic works of the master are constantly performed by the best groups, his music is well known abroad. The composer Karen Khachaturian responded to the sad news at the request of the newspaper:

"Petrov is a very large figure in our musical art. It was an outstanding artist. For many years he headed the St. Petersburg branch of the Union of Composers. He is not only a large composer, but also a public figure. He is a wonderful, comprehensive composer. He wrote music in completely different and often opposite genres - there are operas, symphonic music, and chamber music, and a song. The genre has his own rules and laws, in addition, he worked a lot of cinema, for the theater, he was a very significant period of the development of music not only in Petersburg, but also in our country. but also in purely human. "

02/15/2006 / gzt.ru Material was published in the newspaper No. 26 dated 02.16.2006.