Vladimir Vasilyevich Stasov

Vladimir Stasov oil painting by Ilya Eefimowitsch Repin (1905)

Cover page of the first edition (1886) of the piano cycle ' Pictures at an Exhibition of Mussorgski with the dedication to Stassov

Vladimir Stasov ( Russian Владимир Васильевич Стасов , scientific. Transliteration Vladimir Stasov Vasil'evič ; * 2. ^jul. / 14. January 1824 ^greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 10 ^jul. / 23. October 1906 ^greg. In St. Petersburg) , Son of the Russian architect Vasily Petrovich Stasov (1769–1848), was probably the most influential Russian art critic of his era.

Life

In 1843 Stassow passed the law exam. In 1859 he was admitted to the Russian Academy of Arts . In 1900 he and his friend Lev Tolstoy became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

Stasov was a committed promoter of the Peredwischniki movement in the fine arts and served as an advisor to the Russian Composers' Group of Five . His correspondence is considered an important source of Russian cultural life at the time. Caused a stir u. a. Stassov's controversial discussion with the music critic Alexander Serow about the operas by Michail Glinka .

His younger brother Dmitri Wassiljewitsch Stasow (1828-1918) was a well-known lawyer who helped found the Russian Society for Music .

Works

Libretto for Khovanshchina . Musical folk drama (opera). Music (1873–1880; fragment): Modest Mussorgski . - Adaptation by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1883). Premiere 1886. New version by Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel . Premiere 1913. - New arrangement by Dmitri Shostakovich (1959). Premiere 1960

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Stasov, Vladimir Vasilyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Стасов, Владимир Васильевич
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian art critic
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 1906
Place of death	St. Petersburg