Grigory Abramovich Kerin
Grigori Abramovich Kerin ( Russian Григорий Абрамович Крейн * 6 . Jul / 18th March 1879 greg. In Nizhny Novgorod ; † 6 January 1957 in Komarowo ) was a Russian composer .
Kerin studied in Moscow with Jan Hřímalý , Paul Juon and Reinhold Glière and from 1905 to 1908 with Max Reger in Leipzig . From 1913 he belonged, like his brother Alexander , to the Moscow department of the Society for Jewish Folk Music . He worked as a violin and theory teacher in Moscow. From 1926 to 1934 he lived with his son Julian in Vienna , Paris and Berlin , then again in Moscow and from 1941 to 1943 in Tashkent .
Kerin composed a symphony , a violin concerto , a Hebrew rhapsody , the symphonic poem Saul and David , a concert fantasy for violin and orchestra, three symphonic episodes , four songs without words and a string quartet .
literature
- Don Michael Randel: The Harvard biographical dictionary of music . Harvard University Press, 1996, pp. 466-467. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3 (English)
Web links
- Grigori Kerin on biografija.ru (Russian)
- Sheet music and audio files by Grigori Abramowitsch Kerin in the International Music Score Library Project
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| SURNAME | Kerin, Grigory Abramovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Крейн, Григорий Абрамович (Russian); Kreyn, Grigory Abramovich; Krejn, Grigorij Abramovič |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nizhny Novgorod |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1957 |
| Place of death | Komarovo |