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Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев; 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1884 – 27 January 1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in Saint Petersburg.[1]

Boris Asafyev
Born	Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (1884-07-29)29 July 1884 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	27 January 1949(1949-01-27) (aged 64) Moscow, Soviet Union

Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions include ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets include Flames of Paris, based on the French Revolution, and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 2006.

His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).

Selected works

Opera

• The Cashier's Wife
• Minin and Pozharsky
• The Girl without a Dowry

Ballets

• The Fairy Gift (1910)
• White Lily (1911)
• Flames of Paris (1931)
• The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (1936)
• The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1938)
• The Rustic Lady
• The Stone Guest (1946)

Orchestra

• 5 Symphonies
• Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1939)
• Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (1939)
• Concerto for piano and orchestra (1939)

Chamber music

• String Quartet (1940)
• Sonata for viola solo (1938)
• Sonata for cello and piano (1935)
• Sonata for trumpet and piano (1939)
• Sonatina for oboe and piano (1939)
• Variations for horn and piano (1940)

See also

• Category:Ballets by Boris Asafyev

References

Further reading

• Viljanen, Elina (2017). The Problem of the Modern and Tradition: Early Soviet Musical Culture and the Musicological Theory of Boris Asafiev (1884–1949) (PhD thesis). Acta Semiotica Fennica. Approaches to Musical Semiotics, 23. Helsinki: Suomen Semiotiikan Seura. ISBN 978-952-68257-7-9. ISSN 1235-497X.
  • "The Problem of the Modern and Tradition: Early Soviet Musical Culture and the Musicological Theory of Boris Asafiev (1884 - 1949)". Digital Repository of the University of Helsinki (Repository record).

External links

• Free scores by Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

На других языках

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[de] Boris Wladimirowitsch Assafjew

Boris Wladimirowitsch Assafjew (russisch Борис Владимирович Асафьев, Pseudonym Igor Glebow (russisch Игорь Глебов); * 17. Julijul. / 29. Juli 1884greg. in Sankt Petersburg; † 27. Januar 1949 in Moskau) war ein russischer Musikwissenschaftler und Komponist.

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- [en] Boris Asafyev

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[es] Borís Asafiev

Borís Vladimirovich Asafiev (en ruso: Борис Владимирович Асафьев; San Petersburgo, 29 de julio de 1884-Moscú, 27 de enero de 1949) fue un compositor, escritor, musicólogo y crítico musical ruso y soviético y uno de los fundadores de la musicología soviética.[1]

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[ru] Асафьев, Борис Владимирович

Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев (литературный псевдоним — И́горь Гле́бов; 17 (29) июля 1884, Санкт-Петербург — 27 января 1949, Москва) — русский и советский композитор, музыковед, музыкальный критик, педагог, общественный деятель, публицист. Академик АН СССР (1943). Народный артист СССР (1946)[1]. Лауреат двух Сталинских премий. Один из основоположников советского музыковедения.

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