The Archive · 1937

Russian Composer Arrested

Moscow, July 2.

The popular Russian composer, M. Dunajevski, has been arrested near the Finnish frontier in his second attempt to escape to Finland. Dunajevski, who.composed a number ai marches also known abroad, had been jailed after a previous attempt to leave Soviet Russia. To regain the favour of the Government, he composed the song "to-day it is good, tomorrow it will. be better," and was amnestied as a reward. The song be-. came Nery -popular here.—Trans-Ocean.

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