Alexander Abramsky
Illustration — MA 2009-1 p097-104(Абрамский) Alexander Abramsky (22 January 1898 in Lutsk – 29 August 1985 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer. He was known for his adaptation of folk music within his compositions. Abramsky was born on January 10 (22), 1898 in the city of Lutsk.
Also recorded as Aleksandr Savvatyevich Abramsky
Alexander Abramsky
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- Born
- 1898 · Lutsk.
- Died
- 1985 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- composer · folklorist
- Fields
- music · folkloristics
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — MA 2009-1 p097-104(Абрамский) Alexander Abramsky (22 January 1898 in Lutsk – 29 August 1985 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer. He was known for his adaptation of folk music within his compositions. Abramsky was born on January 10 (22), 1898 in the city of Lutsk.
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Orchestral
Orchestral
His father, Savvaty Vasilyevich (Shevel Volfovich) Abramsky (1859 -?), was a Jewish hospital doctor, and was married to Anna Fedorovna Burdo who had two sons, Mikhail and Alexander. He became a teacher at the Union of Composers of the USSR in 1951, teaching compositional skills to young composers.
• Three symphonies • Concerto for large symphony orchestra
Opera
Opera
• "The Vicious Circle" (based on the plot of A. Chekhov, libretto by Abramsky)
Musical
Musical
• “Lyali Khan and Anar Khan” (libretto by J. Asimov)
Songs
Songs
• "Who, Waves, Stopped You"? (Based on text A. Pushkin)
Cantata
Cantata
• “Breath of the Earth” (poems by V. Khlebnikov) • “The stacks are burning” (poems by E. Verhaeren, translated by V. Bryusov) • “Juno’s Lover” (poems by V. Khlebnikov)
Oratorio
Oratorio
• “Man Walks” (text by V. Kuznetsov and V..Semernin) • “Round Dances” (text by V. Kuznetsov and V. Semernin)
Instrumental
Instrumental
• “Five Compressed Messages” for strings and piano
Piano
Piano
• "Sonata laconique" (“Brief Sketch”) • “Pasionaria” (“Pasionary”) • "Spanish Rhapsody"
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Lutsk.
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Moscow.
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Writings
• 1936: "Opera On The Collective Farm." Mass Musical Movement (5), no. 34.
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