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Vladimir Fyodorovich Vavilov (Russian: Влади́мир Фёдорович Вави́лов; 5 May 1925 – 11 March 1973)[1] was a Russian guitarist, lutenist and composer. He was a student of Pyotr Isakov (guitar) and Iogann Admoni (composition) at the Rimski-Korsakov Music College in Leningrad.

Biography

Vavilov was active as a performer on both lute and guitar, as a music editor for a state music publishing house, and more importantly, as a composer. He routinely ascribed his own works to other composers, usually of the Renaissance or Baroque (occasionally from later eras), usually with total disregard of the appropriate style, in the spirit of other mystificators of the previous eras. His works achieved enormous circulation, and some of them achieved true folk-music status, with several poems set to his melodies.[1]

Vavilov died aged 47, of pancreatic cancer, a few months before the appearance of "The City of Gold", which became a hit overnight.[1]

The most famous of his anonymous or misattributed compositions are:

• "Canzona by Francesco da Milano". Poets Anri Volokhonsky and Alexei Khvostenko would later set lyrics to this music, the song called "The City of Gold" song (in Russian "Город Золотой"). The song, in turn, would become a hit in the 1980s when it was performed by Aquarium for the soundtrack for the film Assa.[1]
• "Mazurka by Andrey Sychra",
• "Elegy by Mikhail Vyssotsky",
• "Russian Melody (tremolo study) by Mikhail Vyssotsky",
• "Ricercar by Niccolo Nigrino",
• "Impromptu" by Miliy Balakirev.
• "Ave Maria". Vavilov wrote this aria with the ascription "Anonymous", and it was later mis-attributed to Giulio Caccini. It is often performed, notably by Inessa Galante, Andrea Bocelli, Sumi Jo and Charlotte Church, inter alia.[1][2][3]

References

External links

• Complete bio in Russian (in Russian)
• "Vladimir F. Vavilov" in Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian)
• Free scores by Vladimir Vavilov in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• "Ave Maria" Giulio Caccini. By Vavilov. (Musical hoaxes) (in Russian)

На других языках

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[de] Wladimir Fjodorowitsch Wawilow

Wladimir Fjodorowitsch Wawilow (russisch Влади́мир Фёдорович Вави́лов, international Vladimir Vavilov; * 5. Mai 1925 in Leningrad; † 11. März 1973) war ein sowjetischer Gitarrist, Lautenist und Komponist.

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- [en] Vladimir Vavilov (composer)

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[es] Vladímir Vavílov

Vladímir Fyodorovich Vavílov (en ruso, Влади́мир Фёдорович Вави́лов; San Petersburgo, 5 de mayo de 1925–Ib.,11 de marzo de 1973), conocido como Vladimir Vavilov, fue un guitarrista, laudista y compositor soviético.[1] Estudió guitarra con P. Isakov y composición con Johánn Admoni en la Universidad de Música Rimsky-Kórsakov de Leningrado. Tuvo un papel importante en el resurgimiento de la música antigua en la Unión Soviética.

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[ru] Вавилов, Владимир Фёдорович

Влади́мир Фёдорович Вави́лов (5 мая 1925, Ленинград, ныне Санкт-Петербург — 11 марта 1973, там же) — русский советский композитор, гитарист-семиструнник и лютнист[1]. Автор многочисленных музыкальных мистификаций, ставших современными шедеврами классической музыки.

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