Sakaria Paliashvili

Sakaria Paliashvili ( Georgian ფალიაშვილი ზაქარია ; born August 4, ^jul. / 16th August 1871 ^greg. In Kutaisi ; † 6. October 1933 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian composer , the European classical music with Georgian folk music association.

Life

He was born into a musical family with eleven siblings. The father was a chorister, three of his brothers became professional musicians. At the age of eight he sang in the choir of the Catholic parish in Kutaisi and learned to play the organ there. After the family moved to Tbilisi in 1887, he joined the Agniaschwilli Choir, the only Georgian professional choir at the time, and became an organist at the Catholic parish of St. Mary in Tbilisi. In addition to him, Meliton Balantschiwadze , Niko Sulchanischwili and Dmitri Araqishvili were among the musically active members of the community. From 1895 to 1899 Paliaschwili studied French horn and composition theory at the Tbilisi Music School, and published studies on the tradition and folklore of Transcaucasia .

From 1900 to 1903 he switched to the Moscow Conservatory as a scholarship holder , where he studied with Sergei Taneyev . With his teacher, he endeavored to open a musical window to the West , stood in opposition to a group around Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow , which wanted to create Russian national music.

After returning to Georgia, he worked as an organist and conductor at various music and high schools. In 1905 he co-founded the Georgian Philharmonic Society and founded its choir and orchestra . From 1919 to 1932 he was a professor at the Tbilisi Conservatory , from 1929 to 1932 its rector.

From 1905 Paliaschwili published his own compositions, including Akhal aghnago sulo , Lullaby , Mravaljamieri and Georgian liturgies . His main works were the operas Abessalom and Eteri (1919), Daisi (German Twilight , 1923) and Latavra (1928). They premiered in Tbilisi. For the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution , he composed a ceremonial cantata in 1927 . In addition, a Georgian suite as well as romances and choral works were created, including an adaptation of Georgian liturgy for a large choir.

He collected 300 Georgian folk songs, which he recorded with the help of a phonograph . In 1910 he published the collection of 40 Georgian folk songs . In the same year he published 8 Georgian folk songs , which he arranged for a mixed choir and orchestra.

Motifs from the operas Abessalom and Eteri as well as Daisi form the basis of the Georgian national anthem, which has been in effect since September 2004 . In 1937 the State Theater for Opera and Ballet in Tbilisi was named after him. His portrait is shown on the Georgian two- lari banknote.

Works

ZP Paliasvili: Absalom da Et'eri. opera 4 mok'medebad . Libretto by P. Mirianasvilisa. [Piano score], Saxelmcip'o Gamomc'emloba Sabcot'a Sak'art'velo, Tbilisi 1961
Zakhary Paliashvili: Daisi. Opera v trekh de'istvi'i'akh . Libretto V. Guniia. Russkii tekst e. Aleksandrovoi Redaktsiia Vakhtanga Paliashvili. Partitura, 1960

literature

Sofia Čqonia: Pʿaliašvili, Zakʿaria. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 13 (Paladilhe - Ribera). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0 , Sp. 40–41 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
L. Zambaxije: Zak'aria P'aliasvili . Ganatleba, Tbilisi 1966
Vladimir Grigorevich Donadze: Zakharii Paliashvili . Muzyka, Moskva 1971
W. Tschintschaladze (Ed.): Museum guide through the exhibition “S. Paliashvili's life and work ” . Dom-Muzej Zacharija Paliasvili, Tbilisi 1969
Leah Dolidze: Paliashvili, Zakharia. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Paliashvili, Sakaria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	ზაქარია ფალიაშვილი (Georgian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Georgian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kutaisi , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1933
Place of death	Tbilisi , Georgian SSR