№ 242/кор. 100th birth anniversary of T.N. Khrennikov (1913–2007), composer

Tikhon Nikolaevich Khrennikov (1913–2007) was the Soviet and Russian composer, teacher and public figure.

Being a student Khrennikov created the First Piano Concert (1933) and the First symphony (1935) which at once obtained the consensual recognition. He was working fruitfully for the dramatic theatre, cinema and television, composed music for the following plays “Much Ado About Nothing” (1936), “Don Quixote” (1941), a comedy “Long, Long Ago” (1942). Khrennikov also had significant achievements in song genre: “Song about Moscow” from “A pig-tender and a shepherd” movie (1941), from the movies “Faithful friends” (1954) and “Husser Ballad” (1963), soundtracks to the “At six p.m. after the war” (1944), “Donetsk miners” (1950) and others.

Envelope with commemorative stamp depicts T.N. Khrennikov’s portarait and the initial bars of “Svetlana’s Lullaby” from the movie “Husser Ballad”, and the process of music creating on the main portrayal.