Biography

Faina (Feofaniya) Markovna Kwiatkowska was a Polish and Soviet composer, author of the foxtrot "At the Samovar, My Masha and I" (1931). She was born in Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire. As a girl, she moved to Poland with her parents (her mother and Polish stepfather). Young Faina began seriously studying music and composing. Even before she was 20, she had already become a renowned Polish composer. Her stepfather's surname was Gordon, and it was under this surname-as Fanny Gordon-that the young composer composed her first works, captivating all of Warsaw with her talent. In 1931, she wrote the foxtrot "At the Samovar, My Masha and ...Read More