Isaak Berkovich. Born 1902 in Kiev, died 1972 Kiev. Ukrainian composer and teacher. Graduated from Kiev Conservatoire in 1925 where he studied piano with Pukhalsky, and composition with Lyatoshinsky. From 1922-52 taught piano at a number of music schools in Kiev, Bukhara and Samarkand. From 1952 as associate professor, and from 1969, as professor at the Kiev Conservatoire. Berkovich left a prolific and valuable legacy in music specifically aimed at childen and younger people.
I have posted a series of variations taken from one album [and apologies, paper was very yellowed and brittle]. These are very much in the vein of Kabalevsky, with the Paganini variations being the most complex. I am aware there is a set of variations on an Ukrainian theme already available on the internet but these are different to the variations I have duly posted here....the Paganini variations have also been available for a while, but since I was scanning the whole album just treat this as an alternate version.
Malcolm
Variations on Ukrainian Folksong Theme 'Along the path, beetle, beetle' (1958)
Berkovich I - Variations on an Ukrainian Folksong 'Along the path, beetle, beetle'.pdf
Variations on a Belorus Folk Theme ‘Perepelchka’ (1963)
Berkovich I - Variation on a Belarus Folksong 'Perepelchka'.pdf
Variations on a Russian Folksong I ‘In a field stood a Birch tree’
Berkovich I - Variations on a Russian Folksong I.pdf
Variations on a Russian Folkosng II
Berkovich I - Variations on a Russian Folksong II.pdf
Variations in D minor (1961)
Berkovich I - Variations in D minor.pdf
Variations on a Theme of Paganini (1967)
Berkovich I - Variations on a theme by Paganini.pdf
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