Viktor Bely
Viktor Arkadyevich Bely (original name Дави́д Аро́нович Вейс; 14 January 1904 – 6 March 1983), was a Soviet composer and social activist. Bely was born in Berdichev, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). In 1929 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and later taught on the faculty of that school from 1935–1948.
Also recorded as Viktor Arkadyevich Bely
Viktor Bely
- Born
- 1904 · Berdychiv.
- Died
- 1983 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · professor
- Fields
- song · sonata · choir
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of the October Revolution · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · People's Artist of the RSFSR · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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In 1939 he became a member of Union of Soviet Composers. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1952 and was named an honored artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1956. In 1980 he was endowed with the honorary title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Viktor Bely studied at Moscow Conservatory. The field of work recorded is song, sonata and choir. Employment is recorded with Moscow Conservatory and Belarusian State Academy of Music. Positions recorded include editor-in-chief. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
• Chamber music • Poème (Поэма) for viola and piano (1921) • Sonata for violin and piano (1953) • Piano • Variations (Вариации) (1921) • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1923) • 2 Fugues (2 фуги) (1925) • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1926) • Lyrical Sonatina (Лирическая сонатина) (1928) • 3 Miniatures on Bashkortostani Themes (3 миниатюры на башк. темы) (1939) • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1941) • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1946) • 16 Preludes on Soviet Melodies (16 прелюдий на мелодии народов СССР) (1947) • 5 Pieces on Belarusian Folk Themes (5 пьес на белорусских народные темы) (1950) • 4 Pieces on Tajikistani Themes (4 пьесы на таджикистана темы) (1955) • 10 Pieces for Children (10 детских пьес) (1967)
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