Viktor V. Voloshinov ( October 4 (17), 1905 , Kiev - October 21, 1960 , Leningrad ) - Soviet composer and music teacher.
| Victor Vladimirovich Voloshinov | |
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| Date of Birth | October 17 (October 4 ) 1905 |
| Place of Birth | Kiev |
| Date of death | October 21, 1960 (55 years old) |
| A place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Buried | |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Professions | composer , music teacher |
Biography
In the years 1924-1925. studied at the Lysenko Kiev Institute of Music, then moved to Leningrad and entered the Leningrad Conservatory , studied composition under the guidance of Mikhail Chernov and Vladimir Shcherbachev . Already in 1927, Voloshinov began to teach the theory of music in schools, and after graduating from the graduate school of the conservatory in 1932, he was accepted into it as a teacher of composition (since 1935, assistant professor, since 1952 professor). In 1947 he defended his thesis on "The principles of harmonization of Russian folk songs in connection with the peculiarities of its modal structure." In 1948, after Shcherbachev was removed from the post of head of the composition department, Voloshinov was appointed to this position. Among his students are some well-known Leningrad composers of subsequent generations, including Boris Tishchenko .
He was buried at the Theological Cemetery in St. Petersburg.
Main Works
- Operas
- Glory (1938)
- "Stronger than death" (1943)
- Ballet
- Janair (1944)
- Orchestral works
- March (1932)
- Round dance for the orchestra of Russian folk instruments (1935)
- The Uzbek Suite (1944)
- The Arctic Symphony (1949, not finished)
- Choral Works
- "Kolyada" (verses by V. Bryusov ) for voices, chorus and orchestra (1924)
- Two choirs to verses by A. S. Pushkin
- Four choirs to verses by I. Utkin
- Children's, pioneer, Komsomol, Red Army songs
- Compositions for Piano
- Puppet March (1925)
- Poem (1925)
- Aria (1926)
- Sonata No. 1 (1926)
- Suite (1928)
- Sonata No. 2 (1929)
- Dance (1929)
- Ballad (1936)
- Marching March (1944)
- Works for chamber ensembles
- Sonatina for flute, bassoon and piano (1927)
- Concert for violin and organ (1933, second edition 1954)
- String Quartet (1934, second edition 1958)
- March and Romance for Clarinet and Piano (1947)
- Romance for violin and piano (1950)
- Sonata for Violin and Piano (1950)
- Compositions for voice and piano
- "Bright World", a cycle of children's songs to the verses of Block and Balmont
- Chinese Songs, Five Lyric Songs (1925)
- “In the West”, a cycle of songs based on poems by Soviet and foreign poets (1932)
- Four Lyric Preludes (1934)
- “Courage", four songs to the words of Goethe and Heine (1935)
- Eight Romances to Poems by M. Yu. Lermontov (1940)
- “Russian Man”, a cycle of songs based on poems by Sergei Vasiliev and Nikolai Gribachev (1950)
- “Words of Love”, a cycle of songs based on verses by Nikolai Gribachev (1955)
Literature
- Gusin I. Victor Vladimirovich Voloshinov: essay on life and work. - L., 1962
- Tishchenko B. About my teacher. - “Soviet music”, No. 11 of 1963