Mikhail Iossifowitsch Nossyrev

Mikhail Iossifowitsch Nossyrew ( Russian Михаил Иосифович Носырев ; born May 28, 1924 in Leningrad , † March 28, 1981 in Voronezh ) was a Russian composer .

Life

Nossyrev from a Cossack family - his father was a conductor and died in 1929 - began studying music at the Leningrad Conservatory in 1941 .

In September 1943, Nossyrev was arrested in besieged Leningrad from an operetta performance in which he was involved as a violinist. Together with his mother and stepfather, he was accused of counter-revolutionary agitation and sentenced to death by shooting. The sentence was converted into a 10-year prison camp for all three in late 1943. His stepfather did not survive the years 1943 to 1953 in the Vorkuta camps , while Nossyrev and his mother survived this period. In 1988, seven years after Nossyrev's death, the Supreme Court of the USSR overturned the verdict and completely rehabilitated Nossyrev.

After his release from the camp, Nossyrev worked as a conductor, first in Vorkuta and Syktywkar , and from 1958 to 1981 at the Voronezh Opera. He was initially refused membership in the Soviet Composers' Union and was only made possible in 1967 through the intercession of Dmitri Shostakovich , who had heard works by Nossyrev (including his 1st symphony).

plant

Nossyrew left u. a. 4 symphonies, one concert each for violin, cello and piano, ballets and chamber music (including 3 string quartets). His music is characterized by precise knowledge of the orchestral apparatus (a copy of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's instrumentation theory was in the prison camp in Vorkuta , which he studied intensively during his imprisonment). In the symphonies - with an overall pessimistic attitude - ascetic appearing passages reduced to unanimity alternate with enormous, threatening increases. Bizarre-grotesque sections show influences from Shostakovich.

Nossyrev was highly respected as a musician in Voronezh, but was hardly recognized as a composer in Moscow during his lifetime, and not at all internationally. Shostakovich valued his work (see above), and Nossyrev dedicated his 2nd Symphony (1977) to his memory.

literature

• Boris Yoffe : In the flow of the symphonic . Wolke, Hofheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-95593-059-2 , pp. 198-206 .

Web links

• Official website , created by Nossyrew's son, contains biography, work reviews, etc.
• Mikhail Nosyrev. Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen. November 18, 2001, archived from the original on November 15, 2013 (catalog raisonné).