Boris Fomin

Boris Ivanovich Fomin (Бори́с Ива́нович Фоми́н, 12 April 1900, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 25 October 1948, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet musician and composer who specialized in the Russian romance.

Several of Fomin's songs became popular in 1920s, most notably "Dorogoj dlinnoju" ("Дорогой длинною", By the long road), commonly known for its English version "Those Were the Days", made world-famous in 1968 by Mary Hopkin and credited to Eugene Raskin who in 1962 wrote the English lyrics for the tune and claimed the song for his own. It was composed by Boris Fomin in 1924, first interpreted and recorded by Tamara Tsereteli (1925) and Alexander Vertinsky (1926); it was the latter who popularized it abroad.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 12, 1900 (Saint Petersburg), Died October 25, 1948 (Moscow)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

Notes: Disc label for Vi 81919 credits "B. Fomin." Forename from Russian-records.com.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor XVE-01822 10-in. 5/14/1928 Chasy schitatʹ (Часы считать) M. A. Sadovskaya Female vocal solo, with piano composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fomin, Boris," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/315736.

Fomin, Boris. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/315736.

"Fomin, Boris." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/315736

External Sources

Wikipedia: Борис Фомин

IMSLP: Boris Fomin

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Fomin, Boris Ivanovich, 1900-1948 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011059806

Wikidata: Борис Фомин - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2000854

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76501286

MusicBrainz: Борис Фомин - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c20e4f7c-ff00-4c53-8da9-cbe887e096bf

ISNI: 0000 0001 2028 8193 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000120288193

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