Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3

[4candles]

Lourie - Op. 13 - Masques (Tentations).pdf

Lourie - Op. 40 - Oshibka Baryshni Smerti - Unpubl. Ms..pdf

Thanks as ever for the Lourié - always brilliant to discover new works by him!

[mballan]

The next group of rare Russian scores from the Sibley archive – again beautifully cleaned by Parag [and I’ve checked to make sure all the pages are included]!!

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Borozdin (Borosdine). Born 1879 - ? No further inofrmation known. Works held in Moscow State Library include the following piano pieces and some romances.

Borozdin wrote a series under one opus [Op 33] of seven sets of variations based on various Russian folksongs. We have nos. 3 – 7 complete.

Borosdine - Op 33 Variations faciles Nos. 3 - 7.pdf

Bustini A. AMENDED: Italian composer [Alessandro Bustini]...this work published by Jurgenson. Sibley had this work incorrectly classified as Russian, but mystery solved by Caprotti. Note the dedication to Modeste Tchaikovsky.

I'll leave and eventually transfer to the Italian composer's thread [MB].

Op 14 Trois Pieces [1. Nocturne 2. Ballade 3. Capriccio]

Bustini A - Op 14 Trois Pieces.pdf

Charmie N. No further information known, and unable to trace any further works at this stage.

Op 1 Variations

Chamie - Op 1 Variations.pdf

Yuly Dmitriyevich Engel’. Born 1868, Berdyansk: died 1927 Tel-Aviv. Music critic and composer. Graduated in 1890 from the law department of Kharkov University. Encouraged to study at the Moscow Conservatoire (1893-1897) on the advice of Tchaikovsky, and studied with Ippolitov-Ivanov and Taneyev. Was a writer for ‘Russkiye vedomosti’ between 1897-1918, and helped to organise the People’s Conservatoire in Moscow (1906-10). In 1901 Engel edited and translated into Russian Riemann’s Lexicon, contributing to over 800 entires on figures in Russian Music. He later lived in Berlin from 1922-24 and founded the Yuval Publishing House devoted to the publications of works by Jewish composers. He immigrated to Palestine in 1924, where he continued his research on Jewish music and taught at the Shulamit Conservatoie. As a composer and writer he was highly valued by his contemporaries, and is best know for his incidental music to Ansky’s ‘Hadybbuk’ (1922) and for writing the first Jewish opera ‘Esther’.

Two works from Engel [and I have a couple more to add eventually from my own collection].

Op 11 Sommer Skizzen [6 pieces]

Engel - Op 11 Sommer-Skizzen.pdf

Op 12 Trois Morceaux [1. Valse 2. Mazurka 3. Quasi-Mazurka]

Engel - Op 12 Trois Pieces.pdf

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kartsev. Born 1883, Moscow: died 1953, same. Studied with Gliere, Yavorsky and Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatoire, plus was also a pupil of Juon in Berlin between 1907-08. Graduated in composition from Moscow Conservatoire in 1923. Worked as a music teacher in a number of educational establishments throughout Moscow, and from 1933-45 as an editor at Muzgiz.

Op 1 Deux Pieces

Kartzev - Op 1 Deux Pieces.pdf

Leokadiya Aleksandovna Kashperova. Born 1872, Lyubim in Yaroslavl district: died 1940, Moscow. Pianist, teacher and composer. Graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire – 1893 for piano, and 1895 in composition. Studied with Solov’yov and privately with Anton Rubinstein (1888-91). Concertized as a soloist and in a piano trio with Auer and Verzhbilovich, premiering some of Balakirev’s and Glazunov’s works. In 1918 she moved to Rostov-on-Don, where she taught at the conservatoire. Four years later she settled in Moscow.

Au Sein de la Nature [Six Pieces]

Kaschperova L - Au Sein de la Nature.pdf

Peter Abramovich Khvoshchinsky. Born ? died 1893. No further information known on this composer, which is a great shame since these pieces are worth investigation and performances .

Op 7 Piano Sonata No. 1

Khvostchinsky - Op 7 Piano Sonata No.1.pdf

Op 8 Trois Morceaxu [1. Marzuka 2. Berceuse 3. Mazurka]

Khvostchinsky - Op 8 Trois Morceaux.pdf

Op 10 Six Morceaux
[1. Moment musical 2. Feuillet d’album 3. Prelude 4. Petite Valse 5. Prelude 6. Impromptu]

Khvostchinsky - Op 10 Six Morceaux.pdf

Op 13 Deux Preludes

Khvostchinsky - Op 13 Deux Preludes.pdf

More Russian rarities will be posted at the weekend.

Parag & Malcolm

[Dani_area_51]

The next group of rare Russian scores from the Sibley archive – again beautifully cleaned by Parag [and I’ve checked to make sure all the pages are included]!!

Great post once again!! Allow me to say, the only problem, that is not really a problem, with the majority of this composer, is that if you play one of these posted pieces by them and you enjoy it and like the style of the composer, you'll hardly will find anything else to play by him..

[vvedenskij]

absolutely marvelous, thank you so much for the lourie in particular ...

[arneros]

BUSTINI, Alessandro (Rome, 1876–Rome, 1970)

Italian composer. He studied at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he later became professor.
Works:
Opera: Maria Dulcis (based on a story in Berlioz's Soirées de l'orchestre; Rome, 1902), La città quadrata, and L'incantesimo di Calandrino.
Orchestral: two symphonies (1899, 1909), symphonic poem Le tentazioni.
Chamber: two string quartets; sonatas for violin and piano and viola and piano.
Other: funeral Mass for Victor Emmanuel II; piano pieces.


Bye, Rosario

[Riodk]

Incredible Malcolm, Thanks !

Here is two more pieces by Engel.

Riodk

Engel_19-4_Melodie de mon pere.pdf

Engel_10 Jewish folksongs.pdf

[Caprotti]

Yes he is the same Alessandro Bustini (1876-1970), pupil of Sgambati and teacher of Petrassi and Maderna, exponent of the so-called "giovane scuola sinfonica romana". Many works of him are collected at Rome S.Cecilia Library and :

Autore Bustini, Alessandro<1876*1970>
Titolo Trois pieces : pour piano : op. 14. / de Alessandro Bustini
Pubblicazione Moscou : P. Jurgenson, [dopo il 1900]
Descrizione fisica 3 fasc. ; 34 cm
Note generali In testa al front. di ciascun fasc.: A monsieur Modeste Tschaikowsky
Comprende · Ballata : 2. : op. 14. / A. Bustini
· Capriccio : 3. : op. 14. / A. Bustini

[mballan]

Yes he is the same Alessandro Bustini (1876-1970), pupil of Sgambati and teacher of Petrassi and Maderna, exponent of the so-called "giovane scuola sinfonica romana". Many works of him are collected at Rome S.Cecilia Library and :

Autore Bustini, Alessandro<1876*1970>
Titolo Trois pieces : pour piano : op. 14. / de Alessandro Bustini
Pubblicazione Moscou : P. Jurgenson, [dopo il 1900]
Descrizione fisica 3 fasc. ; 34 cm
Note generali In testa al front. di ciascun fasc.: A monsieur Modeste Tschaikowsky
Comprende · Ballata : 2. : op. 14. / A. Bustini
· Capriccio : 3. : op. 14. / A. Bustini

Thank you Caprotti...that helps to clear the mystery. Definitely not Russian

Malcolm

[isokani]

Thanks Frank for the Lourie. I've been waiting to see those pieces for 20 years!
Did someone once post the Mazurkas? Or the Nocturne (1928) [i.e. not the Phoenix Park one]? I'd be very happy if someone could repost them. My old computer has conked out...

[fhimpsl]

Hi Isokani, Fleubis, 4candles, Malc & Everyone....

To all the kind folks who wrote in thanks for the Lourie postings...you are quite welcome. I hope that in the future some enterprising soul will take on the challenge of converting these manuscripts over to sheet music .pdf format.

Isokani - on the Lourie pieces you asked about I'm not sure if these were posted in the past on PP (they probably were), but I found them in my files so am re-posting them for you.

All Best,

Frank

Lourie - Op. 7 - Mazurkas.pdf

Lourie - WoO -Nocturne.pdf