Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Afanassjew

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Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Afanassjew

Nikolay Afanasyev ( Russian Николай Яковлевич Афанасьев * December 31, 1820 . Jul / 12. January  1821 greg. In Tobolsk , † May 22 jul. / 3. June  1898 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian violin virtuoso and composer .

life and work

Afanassjew was a violinist at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow from 1838 to 1841 and an opera conductor in Wiska until 1846 . From 1851 he was conductor of the Italian Opera in Saint Petersburg, from 1853 piano teacher at the Smolny Institute .

Afanassjew published the first large collection of Russian folk music . He composed several operas, a cantata, 6 symphonies, 9 violin concertos, numerous pieces for violin and piano, 12 string quartets and other chamber music, piano pieces and songs .

Works (selection):

  • Ammalat-bek , opera (1870)
  • Stenka Rasin , opera
  • The blacksmith Vakula , opera based on Nikolai Gogol (1875)
  • Taras Bulba , opera based on Gogol
  • Kalevig , opera

literature

  • Maria Lobanova, Michael Goldstein:  Afanas'ev, Nikolaj Jakovlevič. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Afanassiev, Nikolaj Jakowlewitsch. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 10 (first edition: 1882).
  • Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Afanassiev, Nikolaj Jakowlewitsch. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Supplementary volume, personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 8 (first edition: 1882).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jennifer Spencer:  Afanas′yev, Nikolay Yakovlevich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
personal data
SURNAME Afanassjew, Nikolai Jakowlewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Афанасьев, Николай Яковлевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian violin virtuoso and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Tobolsk
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1898
Place of death St. Petersburg