Oskar Aronovych Sandler (*13 (26) January 1910, Kyiv - †3 May 1981, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer. Honoured Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1943). Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1967).
He was born on 26 January 1910 in Kyiv. Graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory in 1937 in the class of Hlib Taranov (conducting) and Viktor Kosenko (composition).
1937-1940 - assistant conductor and conductor of the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theatre. He was the head of the musical department of the Lesia Ukrainka Kyiv Russian Drama Theatre (1940-1941), the United Kazakh and Russian Drama Theatre (1941-1945, Alma-Ata), and the Kyiv Variety Theatre (1951).
He was a member of the CPSU (since 1947).
He died in Kyiv on 3 May 1981. He was buried at the Berkivtsi City Cemetery.
Works
Operettas:
1958: "Give your loved ones tulips"
1959: "Brides should not cry"
1972: Chestnuts of Kyiv.
Musical comedies:
1949: "The Wonder Factory"
1964: "At Dawn"
1966: "Four from the Rue de Jeanne".
Opera:
1946: "Dog in the Hay"
1954: "In the Steppes of Ukraine" .
Ballets:
1961: "The Heart of a Maiden" .
Film scores:
1942: "Antosha Rybkin" / Antosha Rybkin
1943: "The Actress" / Actress
1943: "The White Rose"
1945: "The Twins" / Twins
1945: "Zygmunt Kolosowski" / Zygmunt Kolosowski
1947: "Centre of Attack" / Centre of Attack
1947: "The feat of the scout" / Povidyvnyk razvedchika
1953: "Our Champions"
1955: "Adventures with Tarapunka's Jacket"
1955: "Guest from the Kuban" / Guest from the Kuban
1957: "Shtepsel marries Tarapunka" / Shtepsel zhenyts Tarapunka
1957: "Steep Stairs"
1959: "The Boys" / The Boys
1959: "Journey to Youth"
1959: "When Youth Begins"
1959: "The Black Sea" / Chernomorochka
1961: "The Adventures of Pepper (animated film)
1961: "The Artist from Kokhanivka" / Artist from Kokhanivka
1962: "We Were Driving, We Were Driving..." / "We Were Driving, We Were Driving...
1965: "The Month of May"
1969: "Heart of Bonivour" / Heart of Bonivour.
Music for performances.
Songs (over 100).
