Alexander Vertinsky
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Ukrainian, Russian & Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957)
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Aleksandr Vertinsky was a Russian composer, poet, singer-songwriter, and stage actor. His work spanned music, poetry, acting, and singing, primarily within the genres of Russian chanson and dark cabaret. He began his work period in 1916 and wrote in Russian. Vertinsky was a citizen of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, the Russian Republic, and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
Born in Kyiv in 1889, he died of heart failure in 1957 at the Hotel Astoria in Saint Petersburg due to natural causes. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. Vertinsky received the Stalin Prize. He was married to Lidiya Vertinskaya, and they had two children, Marianna Vertinskaya and Anastasiya Vertinskaya.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Russia
- Active from
- 1889
- Active to
- 1957
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,517
- Total plays
- 540,371
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Russian: Александр Вертинский, 21 March 1889 in Kiev, Russian Empire — 21 May 1957 in Leningrad) was a Russian artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing. Born out of wedlock, Vertinsky was brought up by his father's sister in Kiev. He was ousted from school in 1905 and tried a variety of jobs before starting to earn his living by contributing short stories to the Kievan pe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukrainian People's Republic
- Place of birth
- Kyiv
- Place of death
- Hotel Astoria
- Spouse
- Lidiya Vertinskaya
- Occupation
- chansonnier
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Stalin Prize
- Field of work
- singing
- Image
- Vertinsky.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1889-03-09
- date of death
- 1957-05-21
- Commons category
- Alexander Vertinsky
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- heart failure
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
- writing language
- Russian
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