Two guitars ivan rebroff biography

The German-born bass Ivan Rebroff, the self-styled face of Russian music with his fur hat, voluminous beard and Cossack costume complete with sable fur coat.

Ivan Rebroff is one of them.

Les Deux Guitares est une chanson d'amour folklorique traditionnelle tsigane russe, composée au XIX e siècle par le compositeur russe Ivan Vasiliev.

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Program: The unique bass Ivan Rebroff

“Those golden records don’t bring me back spring again, but it’s satisfying that so many millions enjoy what you have wanted to share with them. To swim on a wave of friends and fans, it’s a nice feeling.”

Once in a generation, a voice comes along that is truly unique.

The German-born bass Ivan Rebroff, the self-styled face of Russian music with his fur hat, voluminous beard and Cossack costume complete with sable fur coat, would have turned 90 on 31^st July this year.

Such was the range of his expressive voice that he was entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Whilst most singers can only manage two octaves, Rebroff could scale a remarkable four and a half octaves from basso profundo to falsetto territory. One moment he was Paul Robeson, the next high and pure as an angel!

But Rebroff was more than a great voice. He had a larger-than-life personality and physique to match, 6 feet 7inches in his socks! He was a showman and thrived on ‘live’ contact with audiences, and audiences adored him. His 50 LP’s and 37 Gold Records represented a million sales world-wide.

But as he put it: “To swim on a wave of friends and fans it’s a nice feeling. That’s why I’d walk around in the audience as I sang. To come in personal skin touch wi

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Rebroff, Ivan, 1936-2008

Date:1978

Reference:Eph-B-MUSIC-1978

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