Matvei Isaakovich Blanter
Born: 10th February 1903, Pochep, Russia
Died: 27th September 1990, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Matvey Isaakovich Blanter (Russian: Матве́й Исаа́кович Бла́нтер) was a Soviet composer, and one of the most prominent composers of popular songs and film music in the Soviet Union. Among many other works, he wrote the famous "Katyusha" (1938), performed to this day internationally. He was active as a composer until 1975, producing more than two thousand songs.
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