Jānis Ivanovs

Jānis Ivanovs studied at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. The recorded working language is Latvian. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony. Places of work recorded in the authority are Riga. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Jānis Ivanovs • Birthplace — Babri, Preiļi Municipality, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Latvia) • Died — 27 March 1983 • Place of death — Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — * Composer • teacher

In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, becoming a full professor in 1955. He is regarded as being the most distinguished Latvian symphonist. His love of melody is evident in each of his compositions, and forms the essence of his works. He often drew inspiration from the native songs of the Latgale district in eastern Latvia. His grasp of orchestral color and musical texture were highly regarded by his colleagues. The Latvian composer and music critic Marģeris Zariņš described Ivanovs' symphonies as "like ancient Greek tragedies, filled with ecstasy and purification." He is mostly remembered for his twenty-one symphonies. Nevertheless, he composed in many other fields, including five symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin and cello, three string quartets, and numerous vocal, piano and various chamber works. He became the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965, was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1950 and Latvian SSR State Prize in 1959 and 1970.

• No. 1 in B-flat minor Poema Sinfonia (1933) • No. 2 in D minor (1937) • No. 3 in F minor (1938) • No. 4 Atlantis with female choir (1941) • No. 5 in C major (1945) • No. 6 Latgalian (1949) • No. 7 in C minor (1953) • No. 8 in B minor (1956) • No. 9 (1960) • No. 10 (1963) • No. 11 in E-flat minor (1965) • No. 12 in C major Sinfonia Energica (1967) • No. 13 in D minor Sinfonia Humana (1969) • No. 14 Sinfonia da Camera for string orchestra (1971) • No. 15 Sinfonia Ipsa (1972) • No. 16 (1974) • No. 17 in C major (1976) • No. 18 (1977) • No. 19 (1979) • No. 20 in E-flat major (1981) • No. 21 in C major (1983, Unfinished)

• Rainbow (1939) • Lāčplēsis (1957) • Poema Luttuoso for string orchestra (1966) • Novella Brevis (1982)

• Violin Concerto in E minor (1951) • Cello Concerto in B minor (1952) • Piano Concerto in D minor (1959)

• String Quartet no. 1 (1931/32) • String Quartet no. 2 in C major (1946) • String Quartet no. 3 (1961) • Piano Trio (1976, published 1979)

• Three Sketches • Sonata Brevis • Andante Replicado in E-flat minor

• Vocalises for SATB chorus a capella (1964–1982)