The cultural heritage of the Soviet Union is not fully understood and studied. This is confirmed by the work of the famous composer Boris Mokrousov. His biography can serve as a role model for our contemporaries.
On the Volga banks
Nizhny Novgorod was originally formed as a center for trade, industrial and commercial activities. Cultural life was also in full swing here. Boris Andreevich Mokrousov was born on February 27, 1909 in a working class family. Parents at that time lived in a small village near Nizhny. My father worked on the railroad. The mother was engaged in housekeeping. The future composer was the eldest child in the family. According to the established tradition, he had to look after his younger brothers and sisters.
Boris demonstrated creativity. He drew well. He independently mastered playing the guitar, balalaika and mandolin. At school, Mokrousov studied well, but gave preference to music lessons. During that chronological period, clubs for workers and peasants were created throughout the country. In these institutions, the "cook's children" were introduced to the treasures of art and culture. And in Nizhny Novgorod a railway club was opened. At the age of 13, Mokrousov heard how the piano sounds, which from that moment became his favorite musical instrument.
Two years later, he worked as a pianist in one of the choreographic studios. It is interesting to note that Boris worked as an electrician, and to study music in his free time. When the guy was 16 years old, he entered the music college. I must say that he was accepted reluctantly, since the applicant was considered overgrown. After a while, Mokrousov, as an excellent student, was sent to the workers' faculty of the Moscow Conservatory. Here he worked hard and moved to the composer department.
Cherished stone
In 1936 Mokrousov received his diploma and continued his creative studies. It is interesting to note that the composer's diploma work was The Anti-Fascist Symphony. When the war began, the young composer did not hide and asked to serve in the Black Sea Fleet. Even in the conditions of hostilities, he did not forget to make music. In 1942, he wrote "The Song of the Defenders of Moscow", and a few months later, "The Coveted Stone". According to contemporaries, the "Treasured Stone" of the table is a real anthem of resistance to the Nazis.
In 1948, Boris Mokrousov received the Stalin Prize for the songs "Lonely Accordion", "About the Native Land", "Treasured Stone", "Flowers Are Good in the Garden in Spring". Since he was a man of a wide soul, the monetary equivalent of the prize "went" to treat friends and even unfamiliar people. In the next decade, Mokrousov worked a lot and delighted the Soviet people with new songs "Sormovskaya lyricheskaya", "Autumn leaves", "We were not friends with you" and further down the list. Without the slightest exaggeration, we can say that the whole country knew the melodies and words of these songs.
Personal life
The now popular song "Vologda" was written in the mid-50s. However, she gained wide popularity only in 1976, when she was performed by the Pesnyary ensemble. Mokrousov's melodies still sound today, in the cinema on the theater stage and on television. The composer did not like to talk about his personal life. In his spare time, he was friends with a colleague in the workshop Alexei Fatyanov. It is known that Mokrousov was married twice. In a marriage with his second wife Maryana, two sons grew up. Boris Andreevich Mokrousov died in March 1968 from heart failure.
