Nikita Bogoslovsky

Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (; 22 May 1913, Saint Petersburg – 4 April 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more than 300 songs, 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundtracks, and 52 scores for theater productions. Many of his songs were made for film. Bogoslovsky was born into an aristocratic family. He studied composition with Alexander Glazunov in 1927–1928 and as an audit at Leningrad Conservatory in 1930–1934. He is best known for two Mark Bernes's trademark songs from the war film Two Soldiers (1943): "Tyomnaya noch" (Dark Is the Night) and "Shalandy polnye kefali" (Boats Full of Mullets). In the post-Stalin period, Bogoslovsky was particularly successful with music for comedies. His output ranged from pop to folklore and neoclassical symphonic tunes.