Nikolai Ivanovich Kazanli
Nikolai Ivanovich Kasanli ( Russian Николай Иванович Казанли ; born December 5 . Jul / 17th December 1869 greg. In Tiraspol , † July 23 jul. / 5. August 1916 greg. In Petrograd ) was a Russian composer , conductor and journalist .
Life
Kazanli learned to play the violin from 1879 to 1883 at the music school of the Society of Fine Arts in Odessa . He then graduated from the Nikolai - Cadet Corps Poltava (completion 1886). From 1891–1894 he studied composition theory with Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow and counterpoint theory with Julius Johannsen at the St. Petersburg Conservatory . He took advice from Mili Balakirew , who was close to him. He also worked in Russian newspapers (1890-1893)
Kazanli's works clearly show his technical mastery, taste and imagination. He was particularly characterized by colored instrumentation . However, he closed himself off to new forms and techniques. He orchestrated many foreign works. From 1897–1904 he conducted Russian symphony concerts in Munich with Franz Kaim . Michail Glinkas Ruslan and Lyudmila were performed there for the first time in Germany under Kazanli's direction . The performance in Berlin followed in 1900 . In 1902 Kasanli conducted in Prague and Bad Kissingen .
Kasanli translated Julius Johannsen's German textbook of strict counterpoint into Russian and published it at the author's request after his death in 1904. He worked for the Münchener Allgemeine Zeitung , the Deutsche Musik-Zeitung and Die Musik (1901–1905) among others. He was music inspector of schools in St. Petersburg and the 2nd Cadet Corps and a member of the Commission for the Improvement of Military Music .
Kazanli was buried in St. Petersburg in the Nicholas Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery . The physicist Dmitri Nikolajewitsch Kazanli was his son.
Works
for orchestra :
- Sinfonietta in G major (1893)
- Symphony in F minor and ballad Lenora (1897)
- Villa by the sea ( fantasy based on a picture by Arnold Böcklin , 1913)
- Musical picture Carnival Night (1914)
- Opera Miranda ( Mariinsky Theater )
for choir and orchestra:
- Rusalka ( Lev Mei )
- The wolf in the dog kennel ( Iwan Krylow )
- Hard cantata for the 200th anniversary of the 2nd Cadet Corps (1912)
for choir a cappella :
- Great Requiem
Kazanli was the creator of many romances .
Web links
- Literature by and about Nikolai Iwanowitsch Kasanli in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nikolai Iwanowitsch Kasanli in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- ↑ Brockhaus-Efron : Казанли (Николай Иванович).
- ↑ А. А. Половцов: Русский биографический словарь. 1918.
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SURNAME | Kazanli, Nikolai Ivanovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Казанли, Николай Иванович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer, conductor and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1869 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tiraspol |
DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1916 |
Place of death | Petrograd |