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Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Варла́мов, IPA: [Alˈjexˈandˈer vladˈimˈirˈoviˈtʃ varˈmaˈlɔv] ) (1904-1990) was a Russian Soviet jazz composer and arranger. He was also the conductor of the jazz orchestra with the All-Union Radio Committee, along with being a singer and the leader of the leading Jazz orchestras in the Soviet Union, called the State Jazz Orchestra of the USSR. Additionally, he is accredited with founding the first ever, Soviet group of musician-improvisers called "The Seven" [Семерка].[1] He played an instrumental role in popularizing jazz music in Russia during the 1930s and amassed a huge corpus of works during his lifetime, up to 400 compositions include pieces for variety orchestra, songs, and music for films and cartoons. He was the great-grandson of Alexander Egorovich Varlamov.[2] He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1979.[3]

Alexander V. Varlamov
Александр В. Варламов
Born	19 June 1904 Simbirsk, Ulyanovskye
Died	20 August 1990 Moscow, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Composer
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Emma Vind (1931-43), Kseniya Zagarrinskaya (1956-1990)
Parent(s)	Maria Malinovskaya (mother)
Honours	Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1979)

See also

• The Russian Jazz Quartet
• Soviet jazz

References

Future reading

• "Варламов Александр Владимирович — Джаз. XX век — Яндекс.Словари". web.archive.org. 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
• "Исполнитель: Александр Варламов.. | любители музыки психо-прог-арт-этно-блюз-рок | VK". vk.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

На других языках

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[ru] Варламов, Александр Владимирович

Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Варла́мов (6 [19] июня 1904[1][2], Симбирск — 20 августа 1990, Москва) — советский композитор, аранжировщик, певец, дирижёр, руководитель одного из лучших советских джаз-оркестров[3]. Заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (1979), автор более 400 музыкальных произведений.

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