Alexander Dolsky
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Alexander Alexandrovich Dolsky (born on July 7, 1938 in Sverdlovsk - now Yekaterinburg
) is a Soviet and Russia
n poet, writer, artist, and most famously known for being a bard
.
Dolsky graduated from the Ural Polytechnical Institute in 1963 and in the same year he also graduated from Music school, majoring in guitar. He has lived in Saint Petersburg
since 1975 where he has worked in the City Building Institute, and as an actor in the Leningrad Miniature Theater (since 1979).
Dolsky started to write songs when he was in high school (1949). He wrote music and poetry for several movies. He has also acted in a few movies. Dolsky wrote music to the poetry of French, English, American, and Russian poets. The following records were published by the recording company Melodiya:
The following were published as compact disks:
Since 1996, 10 compact disks have been published with a mix of old and new songs:
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
) is a Soviet and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n poet, writer, artist, and most famously known for being a bard
Bard (Soviet Union)
The term bard came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment, similarly to beatnik folk singers of the United States...
.
Dolsky graduated from the Ural Polytechnical Institute in 1963 and in the same year he also graduated from Music school, majoring in guitar. He has lived in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
since 1975 where he has worked in the City Building Institute, and as an actor in the Leningrad Miniature Theater (since 1979).
Dolsky started to write songs when he was in high school (1949). He wrote music and poetry for several movies. He has also acted in a few movies. Dolsky wrote music to the poetry of French, English, American, and Russian poets. The following records were published by the recording company Melodiya:
- «Музыка над моей головой»
- «Старинные часы» (1979)
- «Звезда на ладони» (1980)
- «Государство синих глаз» (1981)
- «Ленинградские акварели» (1983)
- «Теплые звезды» (1985)
- «Прощай, ХХ век» (1987)
- «Оглянись не во гневе» (1988)
- «Пейзаж в раме» (1987)
- «На круги своя»
- «Тайная вечеря» (1991)
- «Российские барды. А. Дольский» (2000)
The following were published as compact disks:
- «Возвращение в Петербург» (1995)
- «Звезда на ладони» (1995)
- «Ангел-хранитель» (1996)
- «Недострелянная птица» (1996)
- «Туманы и дожди» (1997)
- «Русский вопрос» (1997)
- «Трава и ветер» (1997)
Since 1996, 10 compact disks have been published with a mix of old and new songs:
- «Старинные часы»
- «Государство синих глаз»
- «Ленинградские акварели»
- «Теплые звезды»
- «Прощай, ХХ век»
- «Оглянись не во гневе»
- «Пейзаж в раме»
- «Музыка над моей головой»
- «На круги своя»