Russian & Soviet Composers - Part 3

[alfor]

Thank you very much! "Moderate" Gozenpud is always welcome!

[mballan]

I like to be proven wrong, especially when the results equate to new discoveries in Russian music, and I must thank Duirton [Davide] for his research and subsequent re-discovery of these works by Avraamov. Davide asked me many months back about the works of Avraamov and I said I was not aware of any piano related works [although did mentioned that a full works list of Avraamov had yet to be complied]. After considerable research he was able to locate manuscripts of the attached works, which would appear to now be the only surviving instrumental works from this period by the composer.

Arseny Mikhailovich Avraamov. Born 1886, Maly Nesvetay: died 1944, Moscow. Theorist, folklorist and composer. He studied at the Moscow Music Teachers College from 1908-11 with Koreshchenko, Protopopov and Taneyev.
He became commissar of arts in the Ministry of Education in 1917: was also one of the organisers of the PROLETKULT and head of the musical and ethnographic departments.
From 1918-26 he researched the music of the peoples of Russia and the orient. Taught briefly at the Rostov-on-Don conservatoire (1920-22), and the Moscow Conservatoire (1934-36), then settled in Nalchik (1936-41) collecting folklore and nurturing the musical culture of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. From 1941-43 he was artistic director of the Russian Folk Chorus. Avraamov also experimented with the use of non-traditional instruments and with a 48-note scale. He also conducted research on “ultra-chromaticism with omni-tonality” and developed a theory of micro-intervals that when demonstrated in Stuttgart and Berlin provoked much discussion. He was also in the forefront of the creation of sound movies.

These pieces were written for Avraamov’s daughter, who was a violinist. When she is died in 1972 from a car accident, many of Avraamov’s manuscripts were discarded by his relatives as they did not appreciate what papers they were throwing away !!! Although these three works do not follow his later avant-garde style, they are reminders of a lost heritage of a very unique composer. Only these three pieces survived from the 1930s..... apart from the orchestral works.

Out of interest I’ve posted both copy of the manuscript and a clean type-set version created by Davide. And my thanks to Davide for his determination and diligence in tracking down these “lost” works, as well as beautifully creating fresh printed scores for PP members [another 1st for this site].

Malcolm & Davide

Romance for Violin & Piano

Avraamov - Romance for violin & piano [ms].pdf

Avraamov - Romance for violin & piano [Edizione].pdf

Russian Dance for Piano

Avraamov - Russian Dance for piano [ms].pdf

Avraamov - Russian Dance for piano [Edizione].pdf

Suite in Olden Style for Violin & Piano

Avraamov - Suite in Old Style for violin & piano [ms].pdf

Avraamov - Suite in Old Style for violin & piano [Edizione].pdf

[parag]

Thanks Malc, amazing stuff!!! Thanks a lot Davide for the hard work of typesetting these painstakingly... sad story about those papers being disposed off after his daughter's death... you never know they might resurface some day... also want to thank you Davide and Jay for the Obouhow.

Regards,
Parag

[lutoslawski]

http://www.mediafire.com/?126pbjbs717wfy1

Shostakovich symphony no.7 , arr for 4 hands

Tony

[Timtin]

Thanks for the Shostakovich, Tony!

[mballan]

Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov (1930 - 1994). I have posted two previous works on PP [Opus 2 and Variations]...here is the companion work to the Op 2...........Op 3 Five Pieces.

Malcolm

Op 3 Five Pieces

Karetnikov N - Op 3 Five Pieces.pdf

[Dani_area_51]

Great, thank you!

[alfor]

Seconded!
I previously posted K.'s Scherzo op. 8

[mballan]

This man's scores are like liquid gold.......extremely hard to find: Stanislav Mikhaylovich Blumenfeld. Born 1850, Kiev: died 1897, same. Pianist and teacher. Taught in Kiev, where it founded his own music school. Eldest brother to Felix and Sigizmund.

The majority of his music was published by Idzikowski in Ukraine, and hence had very limited circulation. But for two piano enthusiasts [and Duirton].....this is his excellent Op 4 Capriccioso.

Malcolm

Op 4 Capriccioso for Two Pianos

Blumenfeld S - Op 4 Capriccioso for Two Pianos.pdf

[mballan]

Vladimir Deshevov (1889-1955). We have had several works by Deshevov posted on PP, his most famous work being the Op 16 Rails [all these are available in the Archive or earlier on this thread]. Three more to add to the colection [note - we have had a selection of pieces from Op 3 Meditations, but not the full work as given here].

Malcolm

Op 3 Meditations

Deshevov V - Op 3 Meditations.pdf

Op 45 Etude

Deshevov V - Op 45 Etude.pdf

March of Youth

Deshevov V - March of Youth.pdf