Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov
Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov ( Russian Алексей Фёдорович Львов , born May 25, jul. / 5. June 1798 greg. In Tallinn , Governorate of Estonia ; † 16 jul. / 28. December 1870 greg. In Kovno , Lithuania ) was a Russian violinist and Composer from the Russian Rurikid dynasty of the Lvov . In Western Europe he performed under the name Alexis Lvoff .
Life
Lwow received a thorough training on the violin at an early age and continued his studies in military service. At first he was employed in the engineering corps, and later he was appointed general and adjutant of the Tsar I. Nicholas appointed.
In 1833 he composed the Russian tsar's hymn God protect the tsar, based on a text by Vasily Schukovsky . Tchaikovsky later used the melody in his 1812 overture . In 1836 Lwow was given the leadership of the imperial choir and in 1854 all of the imperial music institutions in Saint Petersburg . In this office, however, he only worked for a short time, as soon afterwards a hearing problem prompted him to retire to his estate near Kovno, where he died in 1870.
Among other things, he published violin etudes and wrote a textbook for violin playing, but today he is only known for his composition of the former Russian national anthem.
Works
- Tsar's hymn God protect the tsar ( Боже, Царя храни ), 1833
- Fantasies and other compositions for violin and orchestra
- Undine , opera
- Starosta , opera
- Motets
- New instrumentation of the Stabat mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Publications
- About the free and non-symmetrical rhythm of old Russian church chant , 1859
- Advice for aspiring violin students , 1860
Web links
- Works by and about Aleksej F. L'vov in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Alexei Fyodorowitsch Lwow in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by Alexei Fjodorowitsch Lwow in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
- Catalog of works on russisches-musikarchiv.de
- List of stage works by Alexei Fjodorowitsch Lwow based on the MGG at Operone
- Biographies , Chronos
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lvov, Alexei Fyodorovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Львов, Алексей Фёдорович (Russian); Lvoff, Alexis (French) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1870 |
| Place of death | Kovno , Lithuania |