Pokrass brothers

Komandarm A.I.Loktionov, compositer A.V.Aleksandrov, I.O.Dunayevsky, D.I.Pokrass and artist I.M.Moskvin

The Pokrass brothers were Soviet composing siblings:

• Dmitry Pokrass (1899–1978)
• Daniil Pokrass (1905–1954) — the youngest brother, Soviet musician
• Samuel Pokrass (1897–1939) — the elder brother; emigrated to the United States in 1920s

Dmitry was the most famous of the brothers. He wrote most of his songs together with Daniil.^[1]

They also had a fourth brother:

• Arkady Pokrass — pianist and accompanist

Selected works by the Pokrass brothers

• "March of the Soviet Tankmen" ("Марш советских танкистов")
• "Welcome Us, Beautiful Suomi (Finland)" ("Принимай нас, Суоми-красавица", "Suomi-kaunotar")
• "You Won't Mow Us Down with a Sharp Sabre" ("Не скосить нас саблей острой")
• "If Tomorrow Brings War" ("Если завтра война")
• "Red Cavalrymen" ("Красные кавалеристы")
• "Three Tankmen" ("Три танкиста")
• "I'm at Your Feet" ("Я у ног твоих")
• "I Feel How Flowers Fall" ("Я чувствую, как падают цветы")

References

1. Yakov Basin (Jerusalem) (2013). "Братья Покрасс: два плюс два" [The Pokrass brothers, two plus two]. My Zdes! (Internet newspaper).