Georgi Eduardowitsch Konjus
Georgi Conus ( Russian Георгий Эдуардович Конюс * 18 . Jul / 30th September 1862 greg. In Moscow ; † 28. August 1933 ) was a Russian music theorist and composer .
Konjus was of French descent and was actually called "Georges Conus". He did not become a Russian citizen until 1904. Konjus was a student of Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky . He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1891 to 1896 , from 1902 to 1912 at the Music School of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, until 1920 at the Saratov Conservatory and then again at the Moscow Conservatory. He composed a ballet , a cantata , a wind serenade and other orchestral works, piano pieces and songs .
Georgi Konjus developed and taught the metrotectonic method as a method for determining the time proportions of musical works of art. His student Alexander Scriabin used this method in his works.
His father Eduard Konjus was a piano teacher, his brother Juli Konjus a violin virtuoso , his brother Lew Konjus a pianist .
literature
- Stuart Campbell: Konjus, Georgij Ėduardovič. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 10 (Kemp - Lert). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Web links
- Article Georgi Eduardowitsch Konjus in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- LM Butir, Lyudmila Korabel′nikova: Konyus, Georgy Ėduardovich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Konjus, Georgi Eduardowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Конюс, Георгий Эдуардович (Russian); Conus, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1933 |
| Place of death | Moscow |