Background
Kats, Sigizmund was born on April 4, 1908 in Vienna.
Kats, Sigizmund was born on April 4, 1908 in Vienna.
Moscow Conservatory.
His songs ranged from lyrical serenades and ballads to marches and quasi-Straussian waltzes. Sigizmund Katz" professional reputation now rests primarily on his war-time song "And the Briansk Forest Rustled Sternly" (Шумел сурово Брянский лес…), with lyrics by Anatoly Sofronov, which is dedicated to the struggles of Soviet partisans against Nazi invaders, and which earned him the Stalin Prize (1950).
Union of Soviet Composers.