Ossovsky, Alexander Vyacheslavovich

Born into the family of Vyacheslav Stepanovich Ossovsky ( real state adviser , served as chairman of the department in the court of Odessa ) and Evgenia Nikiforovna (nee Cherkunova). He was a cousin of N. N. Vilinsky and K. G. Derzhinsky ^[1] .

He graduated from the law faculty of Moscow University (1893). After graduation, he served in the Ministry of Justice in St. Petersburg.

In 1896-1898 he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory ; in 1900-1902 he was engaged in composition with N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov . Visiting the musical "environment" of the Korsakovs and working closely with members of the so-called " Belyaevsky circle ", Ossovsky made friends with many prominent musicians and participated in the concert programs of A. I. Ziloti . Beginning in 1894, Ossovsky declared himself as a talented, extraordinary and prolific music critic and musicologist: he made his debut in the Russian Musical Newspaper and the Artist magazine; It was published in the Izvestia of the St. Petersburg Society of Musical Assemblies, the Slovo newspaper, and the Apollon magazine (Ossovsky owns the pseudonym O.V-v).

A. V. Ossovsky is a contemporary and friend of S. V. Rachmaninov , about whom he left unique memories.

Using his authority in musical circles, Ossovsky helped talented young musicians. In 1911, he wrote a letter to the publisher B.P. Jurgenson in support of the aspiring composer Sergei Prokofiev , with whom, as a result, Jurgenson signed a contract. Also at the request of Ossovsky in 1911, Rachmaninov listened to the young singer Ksenia Derzhinsky , which played a significant role in the formation of her opera career.

A. V. Ossovsky was one of the organizers and editor-in-chief of the journal Musical Contemporary (1915-1917). In the pre-revolutionary years, he served on the editorial board of the Russian Music Publishing House , contributing to the publications of contemporary Russian composers.

In 1915-1918 he lectured at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 1918-1921 he lived and worked in Odessa and Kiev in connection with the situation in Petrograd after the revolution and during the civil war . Then he returned to Petrograd. In 1921-1923 he taught at [St. Petersburg University | Petrograd University]], in 1921-1952 he was a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory (he taught a course in the history of music). From 1937, he was deputy director for science, and from 1943-1952, he was director of the Leningrad Research Institute of Theater and Music. In the years 1923-1925. - Director, and in 1933-1936 - artistic director of the Leningrad Philharmonic . In 1931-1933 he worked in the Hermitage .

Ossovsky is known as a deep researcher of Russian musical aesthetics of the 18th century , the works of M. I. Glinka , A. K. Glazunov , N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. One of the first in Russia to illuminate the works of I.S. Bach , A. Vivaldi , A. Corelli , J. F. Rameau , also published a number of articles on Wagner music in Russia and other music-critical articles. Among the musical compositions of Ossovsky are romances and arrangements of works by Berlioz and Gounod .

Ossovsky died on July 31, 1957, and was buried on Literatorny bridges in St. Petersburg . A book about his life and work was published in 1960 by his student E.F. Bronfin .

• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (06/10/1945)

• Hector Berlioz . Memoirs. Per. A. Ossovsky. - SPb. : Edition Nick. Findeisen, 1896
• Notes of the artist / Charles Gounod; Per. with fr. A.V. Ossovsky. - SPb .: Russian musical newspaper , qualification. 1904. - [2], 130 p., 1 p. front. (portr.), 2 l. Portr.
• Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov : His life and work. Essay by A.V. Ossovsky. - St. Petersburg: ed. "Concerts of A. Ziloti ", 1907.
• The World Significance of Russian Classical Music: Transcript of a Public Lecture, Read. in 1948 in Leningrad / Corr. Acad. sciences of the USSR prof. A.V. Ossovsky. - L .: Type. them. Volodarsky, 1948 .-- 28 p.
• N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov // Sat .: Soviet Music. Prince 3. - M. 1944.
• B.V. Asafiev // Sat. Soviet music. Prince 4. - M. 1945.
• The dramaturgy of the opera by M. I. Glinka “Ivan Susanin” // Sat. M. I. Glinka, Research and Materials, ed. A. Ossovsky. - L.-M., 1950.
• Selected articles, memoirs / Ed.-comp., Ed. entry articles and notes. E. Bronfin. - L .: Owls. composer, 1961. - 403 p.: ill., music. silt
• Memories. Research / [General. ed. and entry. article by Y. Kremlev]; [Comp., Prep. to publication, foreword and note. V. Smirnova]. - L .: Music. [Leningrad. Separation], 1968. - 440 p., 7 p. silt
• Musical and critical articles (1894-1912) / [General. ed. and entry. article by Yu. A. Kremlev]; [Foreword and note. V.V. Smirnova]. - L .: Music. [Leningrad. Department], 1971. - 373 p., 8 p. silt
• S. V. Rachmaninov

• 1930s - Theater Square, 3.

• Ossovsky, Alexander Vyacheslavovich // New Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 48 volumes (29 volumes were published). - SPb. , Pg. , 1911-1916.
• Ossovsky Alexander Vyacheslavovich // Big Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
• Bronfin E.F.A.V. Ossovsky. - L., 1960.
• Gurova, Y. Yu. From the personal archive of A.V. Ossovsky // Operamusicologica. - No. 1. - 2009. - SPbSPU. - S. 133-160.
• Encyclopedic Music Dictionary / Comp. B.S. Steinpress and I.M. Yampolsky. Ed. 2nd fix and add. - M .: Publishing house "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1966.

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• Ossovsky, Alexander Vyacheslavovich (1871-1957) // Knowledge Base on Genealogy and Related Topics (GFDL License)