Jakow Andreevich Eschpai
Yakov Andreyevich Eshpai ( Russian Яков Андреевич Эшпай ; orig. Ишпайкин / Ischpaikin , born 18 jul. / The 30th October 1890 greg. In Kokschamary ; † 20 February 1963 in Moscow ) was a Russian composer, folk music researcher and educator from the people of Mari .
Eschpai attended the music school in Kazan from 1910 . From 1913 he was a singing teacher in Ufa , from 1918 he taught music theory in Kokschamary and from 1924 in Kosmodemjansk . In 1930 he completed his composition studies with Georgi Konjus at the Moscow Conservatory . From 1931 he was a research assistant at the Scientific Research Institute of the autonomous Soviet Republic of Mari in Yoshkar-Ola and from 1932 headed the section of the State Music Publishing House . In his works he used motifs from Mari folk music. He edited several collections of Mari folk songs .
His son Andrei Eschpai (1925–2015) was one of the most famous Soviet composers.
Works
- Songs of the Mari people
- Melodies of the mountain and meadow Mari
- Mari folk songs
literature
- Maria Lobanova: Ėšpaj, Jakov Andreevič. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
- Jakow Eschpai on dic.academic.ru (Russian)
Web links
- Jakow Eschpai ( Memento from October 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on enc-dic.com (Russian), accessed on September 7, 2018
- Short biography in: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians , 2001, on encyclopedia.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Maria Lobanova: Ėšpaj, Jakov Andreevič. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
- ^ Information from Victor Ledin on Albany Records
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eschpai, Jakow Andrejewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Эшпай, Яков Андреевич; Ишпайкин |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kokshamary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th February 1963 |
| Place of death | Moscow |