German Germanowitsch Galynin

German Germanowitsch Galynin ( Russian Герман Германович Галынин , scientific transliteration German Germanovič Galynin ; born March 30, 1922 in Tula ; † June 18, 1966 in Moscow ) was a Russian composer .

Life

Galynin's parents, workers in the Tula arms factory , died early. After a few years of wandering, Galynin was placed in an orphanage in Tula in 1934. There his musical talent was discovered and promoted. From 1938 to 1941 he attended the music school of the Moscow Conservatory . As a war volunteer, he experienced the Second World War from 1941 to 1943 as a Soviet soldier. From 1944 until his graduation in 1950 he studied composition with Nikolai Mjaskowski and Dmitri Shostakovich at the Moscow Conservatory . When his teachers were publicly branded as formalists in 1948 , Galynin was not spared either: as a pupil of Shostakovich, formalistic tendencies were noted in his work. Tikhon Chrennikow particularly criticized his first piano concerto; later, however, in 1957, he revoked this judgment. Nevertheless, Galynin received the Stalin Prize in 1951 for his Epic Poem . Symptoms of schizophrenia began to appear in the 1950s . As a result, Galynin spent much of the rest of his life in hospitals and psychiatric hospitals.

Audio language

Galynin was guided by the Russian tradition and especially by his teacher Shostakovich. Influences from Sergei Prokofiev can also be proven. The basic attitude of his music, which remains within the framework of the expanded tonality , is neoclassical . It is characterized by a concise rhythm and an often slightly ironic tone. Galynin's works from his time at the Conservatory are already distinguished by their elegance and unusual compositional maturity. His later works show a higher content of dissonance and not infrequently a rather gloomy mood. However, his productivity decreased due to illness. Galynin is largely unnoticed today, only his first piano concerto enjoys a certain degree of popularity.

Works

Orchestral works

Suite for string orchestra (1949)
Epic Poem on Russian Themes (1950)
Youth Overture (1951)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (1946)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor (1965)
Aria for violin and strings (1959)
Scherzo for violin and strings (1966)
Incidental music

Vocal music

Fariset , opera in one act (1949, largely lost)
Death and the Maiden , oratorio for solos, choir and orchestra based on Gorky (1950, rev. 1963)
Two choirs after Shchipachev (1948)

Chamber music

String Quartet No. 1 in A minor (1947)
String Quartet No. 2 in F minor (1956)
Piano Trio in D minor (1948)
Violin Sonata (1956)

Piano music

Sonata triad , 3 one-movement sonatas (1963–65)
six early piano sonatas
Suite (1945)
Concerto grosso (1964)

literature

Galina Grigor′yeva: Galinin, German Germanovich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Marina Lobanova: Galynin, German Germanovič. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, supplement for both parts. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1139-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
A. Yes. Ortenberg (ed.): The composer German Galynin . Sbornik statej. Sovetskij kompozitor, Moscow 1979, OCLC 252229094 (Russian).
G. Zhdanova: detailed biography on belcanto.ru (2010, Russian)

Web links

Catalog raisonné Herman Galynin. Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen. September 30, 2008, archived from the original on November 15, 2013 ; accessed on June 7, 2018 .
Audio samples - Sonata triad as MIDI files
Audio samples - excerpts from the piano concertos as MIDI files
German Galynin - biography. Retrieved May 2, 2018 (Russian).
Anatoly Vedernikov plays German Galynin Sonata Triad on YouTube

Remarks

↑ Most sources give June 18 as the date of death, some also July 18.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Marina Lobanova: Galynin, German Germanovic. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, supplement for both parts. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1139-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
↑ ^a ^b Information on the website of the Moscow Composers' Union (Russian)
↑ ^a ^b Krzysztof Meyer : Schostakowitsch. His life, his work, his time . Gustav Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-7857-0772-X , p. 333, 387 .
↑ Galina Grigor'yeva: Galïnin, German Germanovich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Editorial Reviews on ArkivMusic for the Galynin CD with Yevgeny Swetlanow
^ Maurice Hinson: Music for Piano and Orchestra. An Annotated Guide . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1993, ISBN 0-253-33953-7 , pp. 105 ( google.de [accessed December 29, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Galynin, German Germanowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Галынин, Герман Германович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tula
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 1966
Place of death	Moscow

[1] Most sources give June 18 as the date of death, some also July 18.

[MGG-2] Marina Lobanova: Galynin, German Germanovic. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, supplement for both parts. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1139-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

[MKV-3] Information on the website of the Moscow Composers' Union (Russian)

[Meyer-4] Krzysztof Meyer : Schostakowitsch. His life, his work, his time . Gustav Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-7857-0772-X , p. 333, 387 .

[NG-5] Galina Grigor'yeva: Galïnin, German Germanovich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

[ark-6] Editorial Reviews on ArkivMusic for the Galynin CD with Yevgeny Swetlanow

[7] Maurice Hinson: Music for Piano and Orchestra. An Annotated Guide . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1993, ISBN 0-253-33953-7 , pp. 105 ( google.de [accessed December 29, 2018]).