Georgi Wassiljewitsch Sviridow

This article is about the Soviet composer Georgi Wassiljewitsch Sviridow. For the writer, who was born in Saint Petersburg in 1927, see Georgi Iwanowitsch Swiridow

Grave bust of Sviridov in the Novodevichy Cemetery

Georgi Vasilyevich Sviridov ( Russian Георгий Васильевич Свиридов ., Scientific transliteration Georgy Sviridov Vasil'evič ; * 3. ^jul. / 16th December  1915 ^greg. In Fatezh at Kursk ; † 6. January 1998 in Moscow ) was a Soviet composer .

Life

Swiridov's musical training began with attending the music school in Kursk from 1929 to 1932. He then received piano lessons from Isai Braudo and composition from Marija Yudina in Leningrad . From 1936 he studied composition at the Leningrad Conservatory . Since 1937 Dmitri Shostakovich was his teacher. After completing his studies, Swiridow was in Novosibirsk between 1941 and 1944 due to the war . In 1956 he settled in Moscow. There he worked as a freelance composer until the end of his life. Swiridow temporarily held positions in the Soviet composers' association. He has repeatedly received highly endowed prizes and medals, for the first time in 1946 the Stalin Prize for his piano trio. The asteroid (4075) Sviridov was named after him in 1990.

style

Initially, Swiridow was clearly based on his teacher Shostakovich. Over time, however, its influence waned and Swiridow developed his own musical language. He was primarily a vocal composer, which is clearly evident in his instrumental works. Catchy melodies and easily understandable structures characterize his music. In his Melos he remains closely connected to the Russian folk song. Swiridow was considered in the Soviet Union as a pioneer of the "new folklore wave", which u. a. Also Sergei Slonimsky , Rodion Shchedrin and Valery Gawrilin were attributed. The tonality he never questioned. In general, his works are more traditional, have their roots in Russian music of the 19th century and use much more conservative stylistic devices than, for example, the works of Shostakovich. Therefore, Sviridov enjoyed great popularity among large audiences. On the other hand, some critics even said he had a penchant for kitsch and nationalism. Many of his compositions are very popular in Russia to this day. For example, a short segment of his music for the movie Time Forward! (1965, Время, вперёд! , Vremya, Vperyod! ) To the theme song of the popular TV news program Vremya ( Время , Time), the nightly across Russia achieved a large viewership. The music was also heard at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .

Works

• Orchestral works
  • Symphony No. 1 in E minor (1937)
  • Symphony for Strings (1940)
  • Music for chamber orchestra (1964)
  • Triptych, little symphony (1965)
  • Music for the movie time! Forward! (1965)
  • The Snowstorm, "Musical Illustrations" based on the novella The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin von Pushkin (1975)
• Vocal symphonic works
  • Luster, operetta (1951)
  • Poem in memory of Sergei Jessenin for tenor, choir and orchestra (1955–1956)
  • Pathetic oratorio after Mayakovsky (1959)
  • Wooden Russia, cantata based on Jessenin (1964)
  • It's snowing, little cantata based on Pasternak (1965)
  • Ode to Lenin (1976)
• Choirs and songs
  • Concert in memoriam Alexander Jurlow for a cappella choir (1973)
  • Pushkin's Kranz, concerto for a cappella choir (1979)
  • Nachtwolken, cantata after Blok for choir a cappella (1979)
  • Songs from difficult times, concert for choir a cappella after Blok (1980 / 1981-1998)
  • Six romances after Pushkin for voice and piano (1935)
  • Suburban songs , seven songs (1938–1958)
  • St. Petersburg Songs for Singers and Piano Trio (1961–1963)
  • Ten songs after Blok (1972–1980)
• Chamber and piano music
  • Piano trio in A minor (1945, rev. 1955)
  • Piano Sonata (1944)
  • Partita for piano No. 1 in E minor (1946, rev. 1957)
  • Partita for piano No. 2 in F minor (1946, rev. 1960)
  • Children's album for piano (1948, rev. 1958)

Web links

• Works by and about Georgij V. Sviridov in the catalog of the German National Library
• Catalog of works Swiridow ( Memento from 15 May 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• Piano pieces ( Memento from November 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) - MIDI files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georgi Swiridow . In: Hermann Danuser, Hannelore Gerlach, Jürgen Köchel (eds.): Soviet music in the light of perestroika . Laaber, Laaber 1990, ISBN 3-89007-120-1 , pp. 421-423 .
2. ↑ Dorothea Redepenning : Sviridov and the "new folklore wave" . In: The History of Russian and Soviet Music . The 20th century. tape 2.1 . Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2008, ISBN 978-3-89007-709-3 , p. 579-586 .
3. ↑ Time, forwards! Soviet Constructivist Cinema. In: Eye On Art. August 31, 2015 (English).