Alexander Yurasovsky (June 15, 1890 – January 31, 1922) was a conductor and composer active in the Russian Empire and later in the Soviet Union.[1]
Biography edit
Yurasovsky was born in the town of Mishkovo located within the Oryol district.[1] He was the grandson of violinist Vasiliǐ Zhakharovich (1842-1907) and son of the opera singer Nadezhda Vasil'evna Salina (1864-1955).[2][3] He studied piano with E.P. Savina and musical composition with Peter Nikolaevich Renchitsky,[1] Reinhold Glière and Alexander Gretchaninov, graduating from Moscow University in 1913 with a degree in law.[1] He made his conducting debut in 1912.[1] After time in the Russian Army from 1914 to 1917,[1] he resumed his musical activity, conducting concerts in Kharkiv, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don.[3]
He held administrative and conducting positions, and orchestrated Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 2 as well as Suite of Preludes (containing preludes Op. 23, No 3, 4, 10, and Op. 32, No 12, 13).[3]
List of works edit
Opera
- Trilby (libretto by composer from the novel by George du Maurier)
Orchestra works
- In the Moonlight, op. 6 (1911)
- Pastel (2 Pictures, 1911)
- Ghosts, symphonic poem, op. 8 (1912)
- Spring Symphony (1918)
- Poem-concerto for piano and orchestra (1918)
- Suite (1922)
Chamber music
- Dramatic sonata cello and piano. (1911)
- Piano Trio (1911)
Piano music
- 4 Preludes (1910)
- Sonata dramatique, op. 3 (1910)
- 6 The way of love songs (lyrics by A. Allyn, 1912)
- 3 songs (lyrics by Nekrasov, 1913),
- 14 recitations to music
- music for productions of dramas, including "The Prince and the manor" (1914)
- 6 improvisations (1915) 3 ensembles for women 's voices with AF. (1913) for voice and piano
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Allan Ho, Dmitry Feofanov, editors, Biographical dictionary of Russian/Soviet composers (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989), p. 609-10.
- ^ Naumov, A. V. (2017). Aleksandr IUrasovskiǐ: Dnevnik nedopisannoǐ zhizni. Moscow: Vuzovskaia Kniga. p. 478. ISBN 9785950208164.
- ^ a b c d M.P. Leonov, "A. I. Yurasovsky" in Akademik - Muz'kal'naia Entsiklopedia.