Timofei Alexandrowitsch Dokschizer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Timofei Alexandrovich Dokschizer ( Russian Тимофей Александрович Докшицер ., Scientific transliteration Timothy Aleksandrovič Dokšicer * 13. December 1921 in Nezhin , Chernigov Governorate , Ukrainian SSR ; † 16th March 2005 in Vilnius , Lithuania ) was Russian - Soviet trumpeter , conductor and composer Ukrainian Origin.

biography

Born in 1921, the musician was the son of a musical autodidact , was admitted to an army wind orchestra as a pupil in 1931 and, since 1933, studied at the Glazunov Music School with Anton Wassilewski , who was then the solo trumpeter of the Bolshoi Theater . From 1935 he was taught by Vasilevkis Mikhail Tabakov's successor , first at the Central Music School in Moscow and later at the Gnessin Music Academy . The meeting with the composer Wladimir Peskin , who wrote a series of works for him from 1937 onwards of unprecedented difficulty, was important for Dokschizer's development . From 1941 to 1987 Timofei Dokschizer was the solo trumpeter of the Bolshoi Orchestra. In 1952 he attended the conducting class of the Moscow Conservatory and in 1957 passed his exam there as an orchestra conductor with Ginsburg.

In the course of his life, Dokschizer created over 80 musical transcriptions and pieces for trumpet. In his hometown in Ukraine, a music school bears the name of the musician. In addition to his extensive repertoire, which, according to some experts, included practically everything there was for trumpets, he worked for 25 years as a professor at the State Music Education Institute.

Prizes and awards

At the age of 17 he won the Soviet Union competition, as well as an international competition in Prague in 1947.

Arrangements and publications

Timofei Dokschizer mainly arranged pieces for piano and trumpet. So also for piano and Bb or C trumpet:

  • Japanese melody
    • Volume 1 (with: Flower of Patience - Song of Early Spring - This Way - Red Dragonfly)
    • Volume 2 (with: Flowers - Home - In vain waiting - Summer memories)
    • Volume 3 (with: plover over the lake - rain on Johgashima - moon over the castle ruins)

Other publications were:

  • EMR 6001 Images Romantique (Solo Trumpet)
  • EMR 639 Suite for Solo Trumpet (Solo Trumpet)
  • EMR 684 Suite un poco Prokofiew (trumpet and piano)
  • Scherzo Virtuoso (DDD) October 1989
  • Russian Concert 1995 (DDD)
  • JS Bach (1685-1750). Preludes, 1990 (ADD)
  • Concertpieces (ADD), 1990
  • Baroque Concertos for Trumpet Timofei Dokshizer, trumpet; produced by DML Classics, Japan, 1999
  • Arutiunian & Shostakovich Timofei Dokshizer, trumpet produced by DML Classics, Japan, 1999
  • V. Albinoni / Hummel, Haydn / Manfredini (DDD) recorded in 1987
  • Fantastic Dances. The Paganini of the Trumpet Timofei Dokshizer, trumpet 1995

Many pieces of music were published by EMR (= Edition Marc Reift) under the Timofei Dokshizer Collection .

Method book

In 1990 Timofei Dokschizer published a standard work on trumpet teaching in French under the title Method de Trompette . This work was translated into English by Wendy Thompsons in 1994.

Autobiography

The Memoirs of Timofei Dokshizer. (Can be obtained from: International Trumpet Guild, Westfield, MA USA)

Note on notation

The spelling of his name is different. For example, the first name even on publications is sometimes given with Timofey , the surname even with Dokschidzer , Dokschitzer , Dokshizer and Dokshitser .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Dokschizer, Timofei Alexandrowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dokschizer, Timofey; Dokschidser, Timofei; Dokschitzer, Timofei; Dokshizer, Timofei; Dokshitser, Timofei; Докшицер, Тимофей Александрович (Russian); Dokšicer, Timofej Aleksandrovič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-Soviet trumpeter, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Neschin , Chernigov Governorate , Ukrainian SSR
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2005
Place of death Vilnius , Lithuania