Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3

[Emil Borisovich Sernov]

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[Emil Borisovich Sernov]

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Dear Members,

Can we find and enjoy these works?

G.Krein Sonate No.2
K.Eiges Piano Sonatas, any unposted piano works
V. Shcherbachyov Sonata No.2
S. Feinberg Tale/Procession Op.33, Rhapsody on kabardino-balkarian themes, Op.45


Happy new year!

Emil

Emil

Many thanks for your recent postings - greatly appreciated.

Re. Kiges piano sonatas.......I do have these and will post on Pianophilia eventually. However, I promised Jonathan Powell that I would hold back posting these until his CD of Eiges piano works is released. I can only beg your patience but these will be posted sometime this year.

Happy New Year to one and all.

Malcolm

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Emil, thank you for posting these rare pieces. I have much to look forward to this morning, playing through all these interesting pieces.

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As before, thanks to relative and Jim. This volume features some interesting composers from some of the lesser-known parts of the Caucasus region. Cherkessia is alternatively known as 'Circassia' and should sound familiar to anyone who knows Prokofiev's later career. Him, Myaskovsky, A. Alexandrov, and others were sent there in 1942 when the Nazis were pressing eastward into the USSR and their presence helped develop that region's previously-scant classical music establishment.

Abkhazia is a small nation that, along with South Ossetia, has been a disputed territory struggling to achieve independence from Georgia since 1991. This is one of the first composers from that region that I've seen music by.

Kalmykia is a republic of the Russian Federation that sits north of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea and is home to the only Buddhist nationality in Europe.

Children's Albums by Soviet Composers, for piano, vol. 9 (Young Pianist's Library) (1986)

Salim Manusovich KRYMSKY (Karachay-Cherkessia) - Pieces (6) on themes of Karachay-Cherkessian folk songs; 1. Uoradyzh (Abazin), 2. Bzibara (Abazin), 3. On a theme by the Nogai singer M. Seutov, 4. Menim Syuigenim (Nogai), 5. Sofiyat (Nogai), 6. (untitled) (Nogai)
Yuri Vasilyevich NIKOLAYEV (NIKOLAEV) - Pieces (12) on folk themes; 1. Ukrainian Melody, 2. Violin-playing in the Village (Galician song), 3. Armenian Tune, 4. Korean Waltz, 5. Japanese Melody, 6. Perepyolochka (French song), 7. Cockerel (Russian song), 8. Vanyusha (Russian song), 9. Spanish Dance, 10. Little Friend (Alsatian melody), 11. Ballad of Simone (Alsatian melody), 12. Song of the Blunderbuss (Alsatian melody) (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... bih%3D1020 )
Mikhail Oskarovich GRACHYOV (GRACHEV) (Kalmykia) - Pieces (9); 1. The Knights of Djangar, 2. Eagle of the Steppe, 3. Plangent (Etude for the left hand), 4. Bagatelle (Etude for the right hand), 5. Summer Afternoon on the Steppe, 6. Kalmyk Song, 7. Chastushki (Couplets), 8. Fantasy on a theme by B. Bukhankov, 9. Perpetual Motion (Little Toccata)
Anatoly Borisovich LUPPOV (Tatarstan) - Pieces (4) on Tatar folk themes; 1. Morning Breeze, 2. Little Dancer, 3. Sounds of an Accordion, 4. Procession (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... 0BRd4Y1SEA )
Alexei Chantovich CHICHBA (Abkhazia) - Abkhaz Folk Melodies (20); 1. Dalsky Labor, 2. Sad Song, 3. Hunter's Song, 4. Lullaby, 5. Meditation, 6. Comic, 7. Victory Song, 8. Plaintive, 9. Rain Incantation, 10. March, 11. Dziuou (ritual song used during droughts), 12. Cheerful Song, 13. Equestrian Song, 14. Labor, 15. Consolation, 16. Ded Iauana (Comic), 17. Song of the Plowman, 18. Song of a Successful Hunt, 19. Gudauta Song, 20. Joyful Song (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... bih%3D1020 )

Children's Albums by Soviet Composers, for piano, vol. 9 (Young Pianist's Library) (1986).pdf

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[caostotale]

Continuing onward, this eleventh volume focuses on a variety of composers from the USSR's various Turkic regions. The tenth volume was shared previously ( viewtopic.php?f=11&t=570&p=25546 ). As before (and for the remainder of these), thanks to relative and Jim:

Children's Albums by Soviet Composers, for piano, vol. 11 (Young Pianist's Library) (1988)

Durdy NURYEV (NURIYEV, NURYIEV) (Turkmenistan) - Children's Pieces (7); 1. Little Waltz, 2. Sad Song, 3. Song Without Words, 4. Dance of the Snakes, 5. Andantino, 6. Sad Melody, 7. Prelude
Alexander Abramovich BERLIN (Uzbekistan) - Pieces (9); 1. Early Autumn, 2. Let's Catch Up!, 3. Chickens, 4. Lullaby, 5. Pioneer Detachment, 6. Game with Horses, 7. Night in the Woods, 8. Magic Bird, 9. Horse Races
Anatoly Borisovich LUPPOV (Tatarstan) - Children's Pieces (12) on themes of Tatar folk songs; 1. Fanfare, 2. Chorale, 3. Joke, 4. Lullaby, 5. Squirrel and the Whistle, 6. Solo and Chorus, 7. Skipping Rope, 8. Slow Waltz, 9. On the Riverbank, 10. Ki-ki-ri-ki, 11. Goodbye, Orenburg, 12. Go Pioneers
Enver Zakirovich BAKIROV (Tatarstan) - Children's Pieces (7); 1. Promenade, 2. Song Without Words, 3. Wasp, 4. Lullaby, 5. Nightingale, 6. Sad Waltz, 7. In the Forest (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... bih%3D1020 )
Robert Khakimovich GAZIZOV (Bashkortostan, later USA) - Pieces (10); 1. Waves on the Aghidhel, 2. Plyasovaya, 3. Meditation, 4. Native Tune, 5. Contemplative Waltz, 6. Jolly Walk, 7. Melody, 8. Legend, 9. Horsemen, 10. Bouncy Rhythm

Children's Albums by Soviet Composers, for piano, vol. 11 (Young Pianist's Library) (1988).pdf

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[alfor]

Mainly the older generation:

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Russian Composers Album Vol.1.pdf

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Vladimir Padwa

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February 8, 1900 – April 28, 1981) was an American pianist, composer, and educator.

Biography (credit Wiki)

He was born in Kryviakino, Russia, the son of Mikhail and Maria (Schneidmann) Padwa. He was raised in Estonia, then a territory of Imperial Russia, receiving Estonian citizenship in 1917 when Estonia became an independent country. He married Alexandra Niedas of Tallinn in 1927. The couple resided in London and Berlin before coming to the United States in 1932. Their daughter Tatiana was born in 1933. The family settled in New York City and later lived in Woodstock, New York from 1935 to 1946. Padwa and Alexandra divorced in 1946, and he married Natalie Joy Lozier in the same year. Their son Thomas was born in 1953. Padwa became a U.S. citizen in 1948, and from that year made his home in New York City.

Career[edit]

He was educated at the Conservatories of St. Petersburg, Berlin and Leipzig, receiving the Matura degree from Leipzig in 1924. At the age of 17, he was also co-founder in 1917 of the State Conservatory of Music in Tallinn, Estonia.

He was the last pupil of Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin and then studied with Busoni’s master pupil Michael Zadora. He gave concerts throughout Europe, and in collaboration with the Neo-Bechstein company, he was director of and a performer in the first broadcast of all-electronic music from Berlin, in 1932. Padwa’s collaboration with Bechstein resulted in 1932 in a six-month contract with Radio-Keith Orpheum (RKO) and the Radio City Theaters to perform in America on the Bechstein electric piano as part of the Inaugural Roxy radio broadcast from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on November 13, 1932. Before ending his contract in 1933, he performed regularly in radio broadcasts and gave the first live solo piano broadcast of electronic music in the U.S.

His concert career included a seven-year association as accompanist to violinist Mischa Elman, with whom he made four successful world tours to five continents from 1934 to 1940.[1] In the 1930s and 1940s Padwa also participated in the Maverick Concert Hall music series in Woodstock, New York. In 1940 he was musical director of the Woodstock Playhouse Concerts.

In 1941, along with pianists Adam Garner, Frank Mittler, and Edward Edson, he founded the nationally acclaimed First Piano Quartet. The FPQ was heard regularly on radio and recorded for RCA Victor.

He became professor of music at the New York College of Music in 1948, and was named chairman of the piano department in 1967; In 1968, the College of Music merged with New York University, where he became Associate Professor of Music Education. After 1948 he spent his summers composing at the Vermont Toy Farm in Essex Junction, Vermont.

In 1958 he was made an honorary member of the Accademia Internazionale Di Roma.

During the 1960s and 1970s he was an adjudicator for the New Brunswick Competitive Festival of Music and Quebec Music Festivals, for whom he was commissioned to write piano pieces to be used in sight reading competitions.

Thiel College awarded him an honorary doctorate in music in 1978.

He composed music for a wide range of instruments and was a member of the American Society of Composers and Publishers, from which he received the Standard Panel Awards annually from 1968-1980.

Professor Padwa maintained a full teaching and performing schedule to the end of his life.

A collection of his music and papers is maintained at the music library of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the U.S.A.[2]

References[edit]

1.Jump up ^ Kozinn, Allan (1990). Mischa Elman and the Romantic Style, pp. 169-95. Harwood Academic Publishers. ISBN 3-7186-0497-3.
2.Jump up ^ The New York Times, May 1, 1981.

Padwa, Vladimir (1900-1981) - Study in Light Blue from Musical Rainbow.pdf

[Emil Borisovich Sernov]

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