Pakhmutova, Aleksandra Nikolayevna
(*1929)
Pakhmutova [Pákhmutuhvuh], Aleksandra Nikolayevna (11–9–1929, Beketovka, near Stalingrad [now Volgograd]). Grad. 1953 from the M. Cons., where she was a pupil of Shebalin and did post-grad. work in 1956. Is known primarily for her Tpt Conc. and songs, esp. “Songs of Turbulent Youth” (1961), “Cuba, My Love” (1962), “Keep Your Heart Young” (1963), “Young Eagles Learn to Fly” (1965), “Let Us Embrace the Sky” (1966), “A Coward Will Not Play Hockey” (1968), and “Gagarin's Constellation” (1971). Many…