Dmitri Kabalevsky

Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский) (December 30, 1904 – February 18, 1987) was a Russian Soviet composer. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... “CCCP” redirects here. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Kabalevsky is regarded as one of the great modern composers. He helped to set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures. USSR Union of Composers or Union of Composers of the USSR (Russian: Союз Советских композиторов СССР), also Union of Composers or Composers’ Union was a ‘creative’ professional organisation of composers in the Soviet Union. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...

Life

Kabalevsky was born in Dayton, Ohio. He liked to sodomize himself with rubber chickens while eating lukewarm ravioli. His father was a mathematician and encouraged him to study mathematics; however, in early life he maintained a fascination with the arts, and became an accomplished young pianist, also dabbling in poetry and painting. In 1925, against his father's wishes, he accepted a place at the Moscow Conservatory under Nikolai Myaskovsky, and became a professor in 1932. During World War II, he wrote many patriotic songs, having joined the Communist Party in 1940. He also composed and performed many pieces for silent movies and some theatre music. Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им. П.И.Чайковского) is a prominent music school in Russia. ... Nikolai Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Мясковский) (April 20, 1881 – August 8, 1950) was a Russian composer. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за, transliterated Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, acronym: КПСС (KPSS)) was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kabalevsky was not as adventurous as his contemporaries in terms of harmony and preferred a more conventional diatonicism, interlaced with chromaticism and major-minor interplay. Unlike fellow composer Sergei Prokofiev, in later years he embraced the ideas of socialist realism, and his post-war works reflect this. Indeed, he was awarded a number of state honours for his musical works (including at least two Stalin Prizes). Kabalevsky died in Moscow. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokofijev; April 27 (April 151 O.S.), 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Roses for Stalin, Boris Vladimirski, 1949 For other meanings of the term realism, see realism (disambiguation). ... Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ...

Works

Stage

• Opus 24: Colas Breugnon, opera in 3 acts (1936-1938)
• Opus 25: Music to the play Two Songs, after N. Shestakov (1937)
• Opus 28: Golden Ears, ballet in 3 acts (1939-1940)
• Opus 37: In the Fire, opera in 4 acts (1942)
• Opus 47: The Taras Family, opera in 4 acts (1947-1950)
• Opus 53: Nikita Vershinin, opera in 4 acts (1954-1955)
• Opus 58: Song of Spring, operetta in 3 acts (1957)
• Opus 83: The Sisters, opera in 3 acts (1968-1969)
• Opus 90: Colas Breugnon, opera in 3 acts (second version) (1967-1968)

Orchestral

• Symphonies
  • Opus 18: Symphony No. 1 in C sharp minor (1932)
  • Opus 19: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1934)
  • Opus 22: Symphony No. 3 Requiem, on texts of N. Assayev, for chorus and orchestra (1933)
  • Opus 54: Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1956)
• Opus 24A: Suite from Colas Breugnon (1938)
• Opus 26: The Comedians, suite for small orchestra (1938-1940)
• Opus 28A: Suite from Golden Ears (1939-1940)
• Opus 29: Suite for Jazz Orchestra (1940)
• Opus 56: Romeo and Julia, musical sketches for large symphony orchestra (1956)
• Opus 64: Pathetic Overture (1960)
• Opus 65: Spring, symphonic poem (1960)
• Opus 78: To the Memory of the Heroes of Gorlovka, symphonic picture (1965)
• Opus 85: The Eternal Flame in Bryansk, symphonic poem
• Opus 95: The Heroes of the Revolution of 1905, for wind orchestra (1974)
• Opus 96: ISME-Fanfares (1974)

Concertante

• Piano
  • Opus 9: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor (1928)
  • Opus 23: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor (1935)
  • Opus 50: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major 'Youth' (1952)
  • Opus 75: Rhapsody on a Theme of the Song Schoolyears, for piano and orchestra (1963)
  • Opus 99: Piano Concerto No. 4 "Prague Concerto" (1975)
• Opus 48: Violin Concerto in C major (1948)
• Cello
  • Opus 49: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor (1948-1949)
  • Opus 77: Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor (1964)

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Vocal Orchestral

• Opus 12: Poem of Struggle, after A. Sharov, for chorus and orchestra (1930-1931)
• Opus 15: Music to the Radiocomposition Galitsiskaya Zacheria, after B. Yansens, for solists, chorus and orchestra (1931)
• Opus 31: Parade of the Youth, for children's chorus and orchestra (1941)
• Opus 33: Three Vocal-Monologues, for voice and orchestra (1941)
• Opus 35: Vast Motherland, cantata for mezzo-soprano, bass, chorus and orchestra (1941-1942)
• Opus 36: Revenger of the People, suite on text by Y. Dolmatovski for mixed chorus and orchestra (1942)
• Opus 57: Song of Tomorrow, Spring and Peace, cantata for children's chorus and orchestra (1957-1958)
• Opus 63: The Leninists, cantata after Y. Dolmatovski for three choruses and large symphony orchestra (1958-1959)
• Opus 72: Requiem, for soloists, mixed chorus, children's chorus and orchestra (1962)
• Opus 82: On the Motherland, cantata after Z. Solodar, for children's chorus and orchestra (1965)
• Opus 93: A Letter to the 30th Century, oratorio (1972)

Chamber/Instrumental

• String Quartets
  • Opus 8: String Quartet No. 1 in A minor (1928)
  • Opus 44: String Quartet No. 2 in G minor (1945)
• Violin
  • Opus 21: Improvisation for Violin and Piano (from the music of the film Night of St. Petersburg) (1934)
  • Opus 69: Rondo for Violin and Piano (1961)
  • Opus 80: Pieces for Violin and Piano (1965)
• Cello
  • Opus 2: Two Pieces for Cello and Piano (1927)
  • Opus 68: Etudes in Major and Minor for Cello Solo (1961)
  • Opus 71: Sonata for Cello and Piano, in B major (1962)
  • Opus 79: To the Memory of Sergei Prokofiev, rondo for cello and piano (1965)

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokofijev; April 27 (April 151 O.S.), 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ...

Piano

• Opus 1: Three Preludes (1925)
• Opus 3: Album of Children's Pieces (1927-1940)
• Opus 5: Four Preludes (1927-1928)
• Opus 6: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F major (1927)
• Opus 13 No. 1: Piano Sonatina No. 1 in C major (1930)
• Opus 13 No. 2: Piano Sonatina No. 2 in G minor (1933)
• Opus 14: From the Life of a Pioneer, pieces for piano (1931)
• Opus 20: Four Preludes (1933-1934)
• Opus 27: Thirty Children's Pieces (1937-1938)
• Opus 30: Three Pieces (1939)
• Opus 38: Twenty-Four Preludes (decicated to N. Miaskovsky) (1943-1944)
• Opus 39: Twenty-Four Easy Pieces (1944)
• Opus 40: Easy Variations in D major (Toccata) and in A minor (1944)
• Opus 45: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E flat major (1945)
• Opus 46: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F major (1946)
• Opus 51: Easy Variations, volume 2: Five Variations on Folk-Themes (1952)
• Opus 59: Rondo in A minor (1958)
• Opus 60: Four Easy Rondos (1958)
• Opus 61: Preludes and Fugues (1958-1959)
• Opus 81: Spring-Dances (1965)
• Opus 84: Recitative and Rondo (1967)
• Opus 86: In The Camp of the Pathfinders, six pieces (1968)
• Opus 87: Variations on Folk-Themes (1967)
• Opus 88: Six Pieces (1971)
• Opus 89: Thirty-Five Easy Pieces (1972-1974)
• Opus 93A: Lyric Melodies (1971-1972)

Vocal/Choral

• Opus 4: monkeys ont the love boat for lower monkeys(2991)
• Opus 7: Two Songs after M. Artamonov and V. Shukovski, for high voice and piano (1928)
• Opus 10: Three Songs after M. Gerassimov, M. Artamonov and N. Kliuyev, for voice and piano (1929-1930)
• Opus 11: Eight Merry Songs after V. Kataev, for voice and piano (1929-1930)
• Opus 16: Three Songs after E. Musam, A. Sharov and A. Surkov, for low voice and piano (1931-1932)
• Opus 17: Eight Songs after O. Vissotskaya, A. Prishelts and A. Barto, for children's chorus and piano (1932)
• Opus 32: Two Songs after A. Bezemenski and N. Vladimirski, for voice and piano (1941)
• Opus 34: Three Songs after S. Marshak, for voice and piano (1941)
• Opus 41: Seven Merry Songs after S. Marshak, for voice and piano (1944-1945)
• Opus 42: Four Funny Songs after S. Marshak and S. Michalkov, for voice and piano (1945)
• Opus 43: Two Russian Folk-Songs, for bass or tenor and piano (1945)
• Opus 43A: Two Russian Folk-Songs, version for mezzo-soprano and piano (1964)
• Opus 52: Ten Shakespeare Sonnets, for voice and piano (1953-1955)
• Opus 55: Two Romances after A. Kovalenkov, for tenor and piano (1956)
• Opus 62: In Fairy Tail's Forrest, musical pictures for narrator, voice and piano (1958)
• Opus 66: The Camp of Friendship, songs of the pathfinders of Artek, for voice or children's chorus and piano (1961)
• Opus 67: A Kitchen-Garden on View, round dances for children's chorus and piano (1961)
• Opus 70: Three Dance-Songs, for voice and piano (1960)
• Opus 73: Three Songs of Revolutionary Cuba, for voice and piano (1963)
• Opus 74: Three Eightlines of R. Gamsatov, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1963)
• Opus 76: Five Romances after R. Gamsatov, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1963-1964)
• Opus 91: Conversation with a Cactus, eight children's songs after V. Viktorov for voice and piano (1969)
• Opus 92: Three songs about Lenin, for children's chorus and piano (1970)
• Opus 94: Three Songs-Plays after I. Rachillo, for children's chorus and piano (1973)
• Opus 97: Songs of Friendship, for female chorus, children's chorus and soprano or tenor (1975)
• Opus 98: Two Youth-Songs after V. Viktorov, for voice and piano (1975)
• Opus 100: Time, six romances after S. Marshak for baritone and piano (1975)
• Opus 101: Cry of the Song", cycle of romances after O. Tumanian for voice and piano (1978-1979)

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External links

• Compositions by Dmitri Kabalevsky
• A list of Kabalevsky's compositions