Alexander Wassiljewitsch Alexandrow
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov ( Russian Александр Васильевич Александров , scientific transliteration. Aleksandr Aleksandrov Vasil'evič * 1 . Jul / 13. April 1883 greg. In Plachino at Ryazan , † 8. July 1946 in Berlin ) was a Russian and Soviet composer and Choirmaster.
Alexandrow studied sacred music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Anatoli Konstantinowitsch Lyadow and Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow and in Moscow with Sergei Nikiforowitsch Wassilenko . He was initially a music teacher in Tver , from 1922 teacher of music theory at the Moscow Conservatory. On October 12, 1928, he founded and then directed the Red Army's song and dance ensemble , the Alexandrow Ensemble .
In 1941 he composed the song Der heilige Krieg , in 1943 the hymn of the Soviet Union . It remained the Soviet national anthem until the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with a new text, became the anthem of the Russian Federation from 2000 .
In 1937 he was honored as a People's Artist of the USSR for his services and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942 and 1946 . He was also awarded the Order of Lenin .
He died in 1946 when or after visiting Berlin during a tour of the Alexandrov Ensemble in Poland and Czechoslovakia. The death of Alexandrov is often wrongly associated with the legendary concert of the Alexandrow Ensemble on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. However, this did not take place until August 18, 1948.
Alexandrov composed an opera , a symphony , a symphonic poem , choral works and folk song arrangements .
During the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of the victory over Germany in the German-Soviet War on May 9, 2010, a military orchestra with more than a thousand members played Alexandrov's song The Holy War on Red Square in Moscow .
Web links
- Irina Wolkow: Russia's singing weapon in Neues Deutschland on June 22, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, July 10, 1946, p. 1 (there: no reference to the place of death).
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung, August 20, 1948, Volume 4, Issue 193, p. 1.
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| SURNAME | Alexandrow, Alexander Wassiljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Александров, Александр Васильевич (Russian); Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Vasil'evič |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer and choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plachino |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1946 |
| Place of death | Berlin |