Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin
Yuri Alexandrovich Schaporin ( Russian Юрий Александрович Шапорин * October 27 . Jul / 8. November 1887 greg. In Glukhov , Russian Empire ; † 9. December 1966 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) was a Russian composer .
Life
Schaporin, the son of a painter, turned to music late. First he studied philology in Kiev and also received his first composition lessons . From 1908 to 1912 he studied law in Saint Petersburg . It was not until 1913 that he began to study composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Sokolow , Maximilian Steinberg and Nikolai Tscherepnin , which he completed in 1918. After that he worked primarily as a theater conductor in Leningrad . In 1936 he moved to Moscow and in 1939 became a composition professor at the Moscow Conservatory . His students include Yevgeny Svetlanov , Rodion Shchedrin , Andrei Volkonsky and Andrei Babayev . He was very active in the Soviet Composers' Union from its foundation. Shaporin received the Stalin Prize three times and was named People's Artist of the USSR .
style
Schaporin's musical language is quite conservative and always moves within the boundaries of tonality. Russian and Ukrainian folk music played an important role in his work - Shaporin knew how to compose very idiomatically. Thus he is clearly in the tradition of Russian national romanticism. His role models were Sergei Rachmaninow and Nikolai Medtner . His gift for creating lyrical, flowing melodies was particularly strong, which predestined him for the composition of vocal music. Often times his music has been described as deeply human, poetic, and deeply Russian. Shaporin never came into conflict with the government. Nowadays he is almost forgotten, although his well thought-out music, which is characterized by a sovereign mastery of the compositional craft, would definitely justify a rediscovery.
Works
- Orchestral works
- Symphony in E minor (1932/33)
- Symphony after Mayakovsky op.11 for choir, wind orchestra, piano and orchestra (1928–33)
- Der Flea , Suite after Leskow op.8 for folk instruments and orchestra (1928)
- numerous stage music
- Music for around 80 films (including Der Deserteur (1933), director: Vsevolod Pudowkin ; Three songs about Lenin (1934), director: Dsiga Wertow )
- Vocal music
- The Decembrists , opera about the Decembrist revolt after Alexei Tolstoy (1920–53, initially under the title Pauline Gaible )
- On the Kulikower Feld , symphony cantata after Alexander Blok op.14 (1918–39)
- The legend of the battle for Russian earth , oratorio op.17 (1943/44)
- How much longer will the vulture circling? , Oratorio after Alexander Blok op.20 (1945–47, rev. 1963)
- numerous romances for voice and piano or orchestra based on words by Alexander Pushkin , Alexander Blok and other Russian poets
- Piano and chamber music
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor op.5 (1924)
- Piano Sonata No.2 in B minor op.7 (1926)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 (1966, unfinished)
- Ballade for piano op.28 (1959)
- 5 pieces for violoncello and piano op.25 (1956, 1959)
Awards
- Stalin Prize (1941, 1946, 1952)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1954)
- Order of Lenin (1957, 1966)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1943)
- Order of the Red Star (1944)
Web links
- Works by and about Juri Alexandrowitsch Schaporin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Juri Alexandrowitsch Schaporin at Allmusic (English)
- Yuri Shaporin. Short biography with work overview (English). September 23, 2007, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sigrid Neef: Šaporin, Jurij Aleksandrovič. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shaporin, Yuri Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шапорин, Юрий Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gluchow , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1966 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Soviet Union |