Maxim Sosontowitsch Berezovsky
Maxim Sosontowitsch Berezovsky ( Russian Максим Созонтович Березовський , Ukrainian Максим Созонтович Березовський Maxym Sosontowytsch Beresowskyj * 16 . Jul / 27. October 1745 greg. In Glukhov , Russian Empire , † March 22 jul. / 2. April 1777 greg. In Sankt Petersburg , Russian Empire) was a Russian - Italian composer of Ukrainian descent.
Life
Berezovsky studied in Kiev and was a pupil of Padre Martini in Bologna from 1765 to 1773 . At the request of Count Potjomkin, he returned to Russia in 1774 to set up a music academy in Kremenchuk . When he fell in love with a singer at the court of Count Razumovsky , the count reacted jealously, raped the woman and finally banished her to Siberia. Berezovsky fell into depression and began to drink. He moved on to St. Petersburg, but with his works, which stylistically anticipated Russian Romanticism, he was unsuccessful, and he was only given a temporary position with the court orchestra. He committed suicide in 1777.
Berezovsky composed an opera ( Demofont after Metastasio , 1773), choral compositions that were later very much appreciated, as well as instrumental works, of which a concerto for four instruments and harpsichord in G minor should be mentioned.
His life story served in part as the inspiration for Andrei Tarkowski's film Nostalghia (1983).
Web links
- Article Maxim Sosontowitsch Berezovsky in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarkovsky, Andrei; translated by Kitty Hunter-Blair (1994). Time Within Time: The Diaries 1970-1986. London: Faber and Faber. P. 252
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| SURNAME | Berezovsky, Maxim Sosontowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berezowskyj, Maxym Sosontowytsch; Березовський, Максим Созонтович (Ukrainian); Berezovskyj, Maksym Sozontovych (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Italian composer of Ukrainian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gluchow , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1777 |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |