Mikhail Karlovich Steinberg ( , - ) - Russian amateur composer, poet and arranger, author of music and poems of more than three hundred popular songs and “gypsy” romances of the beginning of the 20th century, the most famous of which steel " Guy yes three! Fluffy snow ... "," Bells, bells "and" That's what your songs have done! ". Steinberg's songs were performed by dozens of vocalists, among which, first of all, one can name Nadezhda Plevitskaya , Anastasia Vyaltseva , Nina Dulkevich , Yuri Morfessi , Alexander Davydov , Mikhail Vavich and many others. From the first years of the 20th century, dozens of phonograph records with Steinberg's romances were published, first of all, in the interpretation of Raisa Raisova and Natalya Tamara . Some of the songs of Mikhail Steinberg (in particular, those listed above) are still popular with the public and are in demand among modern pop and romance performers.
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| Professions | composer , poet |
However, this author is almost unknown today. His name is strangely absent from musical and even pop encyclopedias, [1] his biography consists entirely of white spots, and romances are often mistakenly attributed to his namesake and younger contemporary, by coincidence, an academic composer and teacher with similar initials M.O. To Steinberg . [2]
Content
- 1 Brief biography
- 2 The most famous works of Mikhail Steinberg
- 3 notes
- 4 See also
- 5 Links
Short Biography
Mikhail Steinberg was born on June 2, 1867 (according to the old style) in the family of a retired officer Karl Steinberg, a native of Ostsee Germans , estate manager and city government official. The family spoke two languages fluently: German and Russian. The father was of the Orthodox faith and had a personal (non-inherited) nobility , so Mikhail Steinberg was listed all his life as "the son of a nobleman" (although he himself did not have a nobility). The first six years of childhood passed in the family circle and at the place of birth, in the city of Sloboda ( Vyatka province ). In the early years, the governess taught the boy music and singing. [3]
Six years old, Mikhail was sent to Tsarskoye Selo Nikolaevsky gymnasium , where he lived and studied for thirteen years. The behavior was "very good", serviceability and diligence in training was satisfactory (in all subjects of the "troika", except for Russian literature and the Law of God ). Even in the gymnasium years, Mikhail Shteinberg was known as a notorious school “musician” or local taper-accompanist. Invariably played in dances and public receptions and never refused if he was asked to play Polish, waltzes or Mazurkas for any occasion. It was at this time that his reputation was formed, and the connections that helped him in his further career as a songwriter. Mikhail Steinberg began to compose music regularly from the age of twelve (first dance - for piano, and then songs and romances). [3]
early 1890s [4]
After graduating from high school in 1888, Mikhail Steinberg enrolled as a student at the Faculty of Oriental Languages at St. Petersburg University . After studying for a year without much zeal, in October 1889, at the insistence of his father, he transferred to the law faculty. [3] But even there he was not marked by special successes, devoting most of his time to entertainment, as well as playing music and composing. Among the interests of Mikhail Steinberg, “gypsy” music and all this, partly, the restaurant environment, into which he entered very quickly and organically, thanks to Tsarskoye Selo connections and acquaintances, increasingly occupied a greater place. Soon his romances began to be performed by the best "gypsy" singers of that time. The first of the capital's “stars” was the young operetta artist Raisa Raisova (real name Magaziner), whom Mikhail Steinberg sometimes accompanied in concerts. [3] Beginning in the mid-1890s, notes with his "cruel" songs and romances began to be published by the publishers "Davingof", "Neva" and others, specializing in popular genres. [5] In 1902, the first record released by Raisa Raisova was released. [6] , which was a great success (including commercial) and sold in ten thousand copies.
After 1904-1905, Steinberg's popularity reached its highest point, his gypsy romances and songs began to be performed by the largest stars of the Russian romance: Plevitskaya, Vyaltseva , Emskaya , Yurovskaya , Davydov , Morfessi . Barely keeping up with each other, various record companies released records. In 1907, Nadezhda Plevitskaya recorded the first disc with the Steinberg prima hit " Guy da Three " [7] The full print run was sold out in three months. A couple of years later, she sang the favorite Steinberg romance at the court : in front of the emperor, his family and close associates.
In 1908, “Guy and the Three” were released on record by four metropolitan companies at once, all in different versions: Raisa Raisova, Maria Emskaya, Alexander Davydov, and the Russian Folk Choir of Warsaw. And finally, in the next 1909, this “gypsy song” appeared in the performance of Anastasia Vyaltseva . [8] The singer was very fond of this romance (performed it since 1906), considered it to be one of the best in her repertoire, and performed it by slightly changing, even, one might say, improving the text (second verse). The famous “ Bells, bells ... ” to the text of Petrov-Skitalets (in an abridged version of the poem) enjoyed almost the same popularity, it was difficult to find a singer (or singer) who didn’t have this song in the repertoire, and released records in different artistic interpretations there were more than a dozen.
Mikhail Steinberg not only published romances of his own composition, but also willingly worked in music publishers as an arranger of other people's works, shifting for piano (and voice) romances of amateur composers (including the famous “ Do not go, stay with me ” by Nikolai Zubov , on which he also composed the piano waltz), as well as hymns of foreign countries and folk songs. He was also repeatedly seen in the composition of songs and melodclamations of a patriotic and loyal nature. However, for popular composers at the beginning of the 20th century, this was common practice.
In the late 1900s, composer Mikhail Steinberg moved from the capital to Moscow.
Steinberg's style of music fits well with the cruel restaurant (gypsy) romance. As a rule, he himself composed not only music, but also text, which was distinguished by the same style (and taste). [9] Given the enormous popularity of some songs and romances, Steinberg was regularly criticized for having a bad taste, and also composed numerous “parodies” or “response romances” on him. Only the “king of the eccentric” Mikhail Savoyarov was marked by at least five “cruel” skits of his own composition, the most popular of which was his brutally crude song “ That's what your songs have done! ", [10] as well as several ironic epigrams and even a small poem," Three Michael ". [3] Dmitry Bohemsky ’s comic parody, “Guy, a triple on rubber!” Was also known - unlike Savoyarovskaya (where the music was “rewritten”), which was a parody of the Steinberg song. These comic couplets were a steady success in the performance of both the author and his wife, Maria Emskaya . Dmitry Bohemsky himself published notes and a disc with his parody.
(1906 year)
During the events of 1917, Mikhail Steinberg turned fifty years old. From this moment on, his traces are lost and there is no information about his future fate.
During the years of the Stalinist “cultural revolution”, Steinberg’s romances were condemned and banned as an example of terry vulgarity - along with all the other “philistine legacy of the past”. However, in the later Soviet period (thaw or stagnation) and, especially, after 1991, the most famous and vivid romances of Mikhail Steinberg again entered the repertoire of a wide range of pop and romance performers.
The most famous works of Mikhail Steinberg
- "Oh! May, bright May ”(Bouquet) gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.183
- “Ah, so it would be endless!” A joke song for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.129
- “Beware, do not burn yourself ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.181
- “Oblivion in love ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), op. 147
- “ This is what your songs have done! ": Gypsy romance for voice and piano (music by M. Steinberg, lyrics by Z.) op.121
- “Yesterday I saw you in a dream” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg)
- “ Guy, three!” Fluffy snow ... "gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.137
- “Where the Gypsies sing ...” Gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.141
- “Dreams of happiness, dreams of joy ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), op.113
- “The last ray of love burns out ...” romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.117
- “For a moment of goodbye ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), o.36
(1913 year)
- “ And I Will Caress You ” gypsy serenade for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), p.96
- “ Bells, bells ... ” song for voice and piano (lyrics by Petrov-Skitalets , music by M. Steinberg), p.164
- “ Fly, fly, the dream of love ... ” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), o.182
performed by Anastasia Vyaltseva
(1910 year)
- “Love, love ..” song for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.184
- “Love goes on its own! ..” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.161
performed by Raisa Raisova (1908)
- “Manjurian hills ...” waltz for piano two hands (music by M. Steinberg), o.166
- “ My wonderful dream ... ” romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.167
- “Do not leave, kiss, caress!” Gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), p. 145
- “Do not argue!” Gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), p. 149
- “New bells, bells” for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), p.164
- “Last Sorry ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), p.52
- "Welcome March to the First Elects of the Russian State Duma" for piano with the inscribed text (words and music by M. Steinberg), p. 139
- “Glory” for mixed choir and piano (lyrics and music by M. Steinberg) op.192
- “Secretly, secretly ...” a gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.178
performed by Yuri Morfessi
(1913 year)
- “ Foggy, foggy ... ” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg)
- “You are mine, I am yours ...” song for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) о.163
- “You enchant me ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), model 165
- “I am waiting for your love ...” gypsy romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg)
- “I want to live, I want to love! ..” romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg), p. 152
- “I Will Not Tell You Anything ...” a romance for voice and piano (words and music by M. Steinberg) op.115
Notes
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of the Estrada of Russia", lexicon. XX century. (edited by prof. E. D. Uvarova ) - M.: ROSPEN, 2000, circulation 10000
- ↑ "All Stars." Russian pop music of the 20th century, encyclopedia (edited by prof. E. D. Uvarova ). - M .: Olma-press, 2004, print run 5000
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Yuri Khanon : Mikhail Karlovich Steinberg: “a brutally forgotten romance with” (essay, 2013)
- ↑ M.K.
- ↑ “Darling, I am waiting for you” (waltz romance for voice and piano), words by K. I. Bernarov, music and arrangement of M. Steinberg. - St. Petersburg: N. Dawingof, 1902
- ↑ “Honey, I'm waiting for you” (waltz romance), Raisa Raisova to the accompaniment of piano. - St. Petersburg, Zonophone X-63776.
- ↑ "Three" . Nadezhda Plevitskaya , piano accompaniment. - St. Petersburg, Pate-26624.
- ↑ “Guy da Three” (lyrics and music by K. Steinberg, op.137). Anastasia Vyaltseva , piano accompaniment. - St. Petersburg, Zonophone X-63558.
- ↑ S.P. Kizimova . "The incomparable Anastasia Vyaltseva." Book one. "The Seagull of Russian pop music." - Bryansk: “The Crouch”, 1999
- ↑ M. N. Savoyarov , 2nd collected works: “Songs, Verses, Parodies, Duets”, p. 29 - Petrograd, 1914, Printing House of V. S. Borozin, Gorokhovaya 12.
See also
- Nikolay Zubov
- Anastasia Vyaltseva
- Alexander Davydov
- Nadezhda Plevitskaya
Links
- Yuri Hanon : Mikhail Shteinberg: “a brutally forgotten romance with” (essay, 2013)
- M. Steinberg, M. Savoyarov : “ That's what your songs have done! .. ” (essay, 2017)
- Encyclopedia of Tsarskoye Selo: Mikhail Steinberg
- Mikhail Karlovich Steinberg , a brief reference and some romances in the recording
- “The Incomparable Anastasia Vyaltseva” about Mikhail Steinberg