Veniamin Efimovich Basner ( January 1, 1925 - September 3, 1996 ) - Soviet and Russian composer . The author of music for more than a hundred movies [2] . People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982).
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 Basic works
- 4 movie music
- 5 Discography
- 6 Recognition and memory
- 7 Literature
- 8 Notes
- 9 References
Biography
Born on January 1, 1925 in Yaroslavl in a Jewish family evacuated from Dvinsk with the outbreak of the First World War [3] Both his grandfathers, as well as his parents, despite the forced assimilation of Jews in the USSR, spoke Yiddish [2] . From an early age, Benjamin Basner was brought up in the Jewish spirit [2] .
Basner was greatly influenced by his grandfather, Hirsch Yakovlevich Gredor, a tailor by profession, who knew a large number of Jewish folk songs [4] . He studied violin at the Children's Music School No. 1 in Yaroslavl. One of the first major musical impressions in the life of young Basner was the performance in Yaroslavl in 1938 of the Fifth Symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich . At the end of the Yaroslavl College of Music in 1942, Basner was invited to the Yaroslavl Philharmonic as a soloist, but a year later he was drafted into the army, where he served as an arranger in a military orchestra and also repaired musical instruments.
In 1944, Basner was demobilized, and he entered the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov LGK in the class of violin and composition. After graduating from the conservatory in 1949, he began performing as a soloist and orchestral musician. In 1955, Basner became a member of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Composers of the USSR and headed a commission on working with youth in it.
In subsequent years, the composer composed a lot, his operettas, military songs and film music (including “ Where the Motherland begins ” (from the film “ The Shield and the Sword ”), “At an Nameless Height” , “ From Separation to parting ”(from the movie“ Silence ”), “ Birch sap ” (from the movie“ The World Guy ”),“ The nightingale whistled for us ”(from the movie “ Days of the Turbins ” ),“ Song of the Ginger Puppy "(From the film" Teacher of Singing ")," It was recently, it was a long time ago "(from the film" Friends and Years ")," For the rest of my life "(from the film of the same name). Basner is also by number yes articles in music magazines of the USSR.
Great influence on the work of Basner had his long-term friendship with Dmitry Shostakovich. Shostakovich spoke well of Basner’s works and helped promote them on stage. Like Shostakovich, Basner highly appreciated the music of Gustav Mahler (whose influence is also noticeable in the music of the composer) and Jewish musical folklore.
In 1994, Basner was able to fulfill his old dream - to open the Jewish theater "Simha" ("Joy") in St. Petersburg, and at the first performance of the musical "Jewish Happiness" he himself performed the part of the violin.
V.E. Basner died on September 3, 1996 in the village of Repino near St. Petersburg . He was buried at Komarovsky cemetery .
Family
- Parents - Efim Semenovich Basner (1899-1965), worked at the Severohod shoe factory, and Roza Grigorievna Gredor (1906-1977), a housewife [5] .
- The first marriage is with Nina Kaplan. Benjamin Basner met her in 1947 in Leningrad. He has two daughters from this marriage - Olga and Elena.
- Elena Veniaminovna Basner (born 1956) - art critic, researcher of the Russian avant-garde, consultant of the Swedish auction house Bukowskis; in the past - curator of the 20th century art department of the State Russian Museum [6] [7] .
- The second marriage - with the composer Lyudmila Pavlovna Sukhorukova (born 1950).
- The third marriage - with the composer Aislu (Lukerya) Rasimovna Basner (maiden name Gubaidullina).
- Daughter Anna (Avital) [8] .
- Younger brothers - candidate of medical sciences German Efimovich Basner (1931-2005); Candidate of physico-mathematical sciences Mark Efimovich Basner (born 1937), mathematician.
- Cousin - filmmaker Alexander Naumovich Mitta [9] .
Main Works
- Operas
- “Spring Water” (based on the novel by I. Turgenev, 1975)
- "Hotel" Thanatos "" (according to the novel by A. Morois, 1991; not finished)
- Ballet
- The Three Musketeers (1964)
- Operettas and musicals
- The Polar Star (1966)
- “The heroine is required” (1968)
- The Southern Cross (1971)
- The Year of the Blue Hare (White Dance; 1978)
- “Between Heaven and Earth” (1980)
- Shining Clouds (1982)
- "My hut from the edge" (1985)
- “We are from Odessa, hello!” (1988, not finished)
- “You are a great actress” (1990)
- Jewish Happiness (1994)
- Vocal-symphonic compositions
- “Spring, Songs, Excitement” (text by L. Martynov) for voices of a solo, choir and orchestra (1963)
- Eternal Flame (text by M. Matusovsky) for baritone, boys choir and orchestra (1971)
- Five poems by M. Lermontov for baritone and orchestra (1979)
- Symphony No. 2 “Blockade” (text by M. Matusovsky) for baritone, choir and orchestra (1983)
- Symphony No. 3 “Love” (text by E. Verharn) for tenor and orchestra (1988)
- Compositions for orchestra, concerts
- "The Poem of the besieged Leningrad" (1957)
- Symphony No. 1 (1958)
- Concert for violin and orchestra (1966)
- Concert for cello and orchestra "King David" (1967-1980)
- Symphoniette for Flute and Strings (1972)
- Symphony “Katerina Izmailova” (based on Shostakovich’s opera, 1993)
- Chamber compositions
- Five String Quartets (1948, 1953, 1960, 1969, 1975)
- Sonata for Violin and Piano (1982)
- Chamber-vocal compositions
- “Parabola” (text by A. Voznesensky) for baritone and piano (1962)
- Goya (text by A. Voznesensky) for baritone, English horn, bassoon and piano (1965)
- Eight poems by A. Akhmatova for mezzo-soprano and guitar (1977)
- “In Memory of Vladimir Vysotsky”, six ballads for voice and instrumental ensemble (1981)
- Suite on verses by O. Mandelstam and other authors for baritone, oboe, English horn, two bassoons and piano (1983)
- Romances and songs for voice and piano to verses by Russian and foreign authors
- Music to over 100 movies
- Other works
Movie music
- 1956 - Immortal Garrison
- 1956 - Man was born
- 1958 - Three came out of the forest
- 1959 - Peers
- 1959 - The sun shines for everyone
- 1959 - The fate of man
- 1960 - Michman Panin
- 1961 - Battle on the Road
- 1961 - Striped Flight
- 1963 - Native Blood
- 1964 - Silence
- 1965 - What should you call now?
- 1968 - Shield and sword
- 1969 - On the way to Berlin
- 1969 - Ambassador of the Soviet Union
- 1970 - Sea on fire
- 1971 - World guy
- 1972 - Dangerous Turn
- 1972 - Allow Take Off!
- 1973 - Singing teacher
- 1974 - Strange Adults
- 1975 - For the rest of my life ...
- 1976 - Turbine Days
- 1977 - Blockade
- 1977 - Front line
- 1979 - Task with three unknowns
- 1979 - Hometown
- 1981 - Past Facts
- 1983 - Bus Driver
- 1985 - Secret Walk
- 1985 - Sunday Papa
- 1986 - Lynx returns
- 1986 - Seven screams in the ocean
- 1987 - Iron Rain
- 1989 - Was Carotene?
- 1990 - Mousetrap
- 1990 - Unknown pages from the life of a scout
- 1991 - Lumi
- 1992 - Why an alibi to an honest person?
- 1996 - The Return of the Battleship
Discography
- 2001 - “Benjamin Basner. For the rest of my life ... Songs of the War ”(CDMAN075-01, Bomba-Piter inc.), Http://www.bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/basner-veniamin-na-vsiu-ostavshuiusia-zhizn- cdman076
- 2001 - “Benjamin Basner. Bunches of fragrant white acacia ... Songs from the movies "(CDMAN076-01, Bomba-Piter inc.), Http://www.bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/basner-veniamin-beloi-akatsii-grozdi-dushistye- cdman075
- 2004 - “Benjamin Basner. String Quartets ”- performed by the Taneyev Quartet (CDMAN233-04, Bomba-Piter inc.), Http://www.bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/basner-veniamin-strunnye-kvartety-2cd-cdman233-04
- 2006 - “Benjamin Basner. “You and Me” ”- performed by the St. Petersburg Double Duet Ma. Gr. Ig. Al and soloists: Lyudmila Senchina, Andrey Glavny, Choir conducted by Sergey Yekimov. (CDMAN282-06, Bomba-Piter inc.), Http://www.bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/basner-veniamin-ty-i-ia-cdman282-06
- 2007 - “Benjamin Basner. Works for violin. Concert for violin and orchestra (soloist Mikhail Vayman, conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky), Sonata for violin and piano “In memory of Mikhail Vayman” (Boris Gutnikov - violin,. Emma Zhokhov - piano) ”(CDMAN258-07, Bomba-Piter inc.) , http://www.bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/basner-veniamin-proizvedeniia-dlia-skripki-cdman258-07
- 2007 - “Benjamin Basner. Suites for the symphony orchestra from the films “Immortal Garrison”, “The Fate of Man”, Symphonic Poem about the besieged Leningrad from the film “Leningrad Symphony”. ” (CDMAN259-07, Bomba-Piter inc.), Http://www.bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/basner-veniamin-siuity-iz-kinofilmov-cdman259-07
Recognition and memory
- Order of Friendship ( December 29, 1994 ) - for services to the state, successes achieved in labor, culture, art, a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples [10]
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974).
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982).
- State Prize of the RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers (1980) - for the music for the film "Blockade" (1973, 1977).
- In honor of Benjamin Basner, the asteroid (4267) Basner was named [11] .
- In 2005, a memorial plaque commemorating V. E. Basner was installed on the facade of house No. 16 on the Moika embankment [12] [13] .
Literature
- Beletsky I.V. Veniamin Basner: a monographic essay. - M., L., 1972.
- Tishchenko B.I. Veniamin Efimovich Basner. - “ Music Review ” No. 9/1996.
- Planet Basner. To the 85th birthday of composer Veniamin Basner / Compiled by L.R. Basner. - SPb .: Composer • St. Petersburg, 2010. - 320 p., Ill.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Russian composer of Jewish nationality
- ↑ Lukerya Basner “The creative path of Veniamin Basner” : “ Both Basner’s grandfathers - Semyon Mironovich Basner and Grigory Yakovlevich Gredor - were from Dvinsk .” Simon Mironovich (Simon Meerovich) Basner (1869—?) Was a shoemaker; his wife, Feiga Shlemovna Basner, is a housewife; they lived in Dvinsk on Zelenaya street, house 3.
- ↑ Childhood, becoming a musician
- ↑ Lukerya Basner “The creative path of Benjamin Basner”
- ↑ Elena Basner: Russian art expert at the Swedish auction house - Radio Sweden - Ryska | Sveriges radio
- ↑ Elena Veniaminovna Basner
- ↑ Top Secret
- ↑ Interview with G.V. Basner
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 29, 1994 No. 2214 “On the award of orders and medals of the Russian Federation to employees of enterprises, institutions and organizations”
- ↑ MPC Small Body Solar System Database (4267 )
- ↑ Resolution of the Government of St. Petersburg dated 06.06.2005 No. 828 . Government of St. Petersburg (07.28.2005). - On the installation of a memorial plaque to V. E. Basner. Date of treatment January 6, 2013. Archived January 11, 2013.
- ↑ On May 25, a memorial plaque to Veniamin Basner Will open . Production Association Lenstroymaterialy (05.23.2005). Date of treatment January 6, 2013. Archived January 11, 2013.
Links
- Veniamin Basner official website
- Appendix to the official website of Veniamin Basner (song)
- Grave of V.E. Basner at Komarovsky cemetery
- People's Artists of the RSFSR 1982