Yulii Meitus
Yuliy Serhiyovych Meitus (28 January 1903 – 2 April 1997, Kyiv), was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, considered the founder of the Ukrainian Soviet opera. His early style was modernistic, later he used more traditional neo-Romantic idioms. • Illustration — House, where Yuliy Meytus was born Meitus was born in Yelysavethrad to a Jewish family. In 1919 he graduated from the School of Music in piano from Heinrich Neuhaus, and from the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama in the composition class of C. Bogatyrenko in 1931.
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Yulii Meitus
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- Name
- Yuliy Meitus
- Born
- 28 January 1903
- Birthplace
- Yelysavethrad, Russian Empire
- Died
- 2 April 1997
- Place of death
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Awards
- Shevchenko National Prize
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Ukraine
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- 3 Shevchenka Street and Kropyvnytskyi
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Medal For Labour Valour
- Languages
- Ukrainian
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Yuliy Serhiyovych Meitus (28 January 1903 – 2 April 1997, Kyiv), was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, considered the founder of the Ukrainian Soviet opera. His early style was modernistic, later he used more traditional neo-Romantic idioms. • Illustration — House, where Yuliy Meytus was born Meitus was born in Yelysavethrad to a Jewish family. In 1919 he graduated from the School of Music in piano from Heinrich Neuhaus, and from the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama in the composition class of C. Bogatyrenko in 1931.
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Yulii Meitus (1903–1997) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and film score composer. Born in Kropyvnytskyi, the composer died in Kyiv.
Yulii Meitus studied at 3 Shevchenka Street, Kropyvnytskyi. The composer was a member of Union of Soviet Composers.
Genres include opera. Languages used include Ukrainian. Yulii Meitus received Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Order of the Red Banner of Labour, among others.
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During World War II he was evacuated to the Turkmen SSR. Meitus made his debut in film in 1932. He is famous for his 18 operas, a number of orchestral works and about 300 songs on Ukrainian and Russian classical poems, among them Stolen Happiness, the epic Yaroslav the Wise, Daughter of the Wind, Leila and Majnun, The Young Guard and Abakan. He was buried in the Baikove Cemetery.
Yulii Meitus studied at 3 Shevchenka Street, Kropyvnytskyi. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.
Будинок Мейтуса, Кропивницький, вул. В. Чміленка, 65
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Будинок Мейтуса, Кропивницький, вул. В. Чміленка, 65
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• Honorific Prefix — People's Artist • Name — Yuliy Meitus • Born — 28 January 1903 • Birthplace — Yelysavethrad, Russian Empire • Died — 2 April 1997 • Place of death — Kyiv, Ukraine • Style — * modernist • neo-Romantic • Awards — Shevchenko National Prize
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1903
Yulii Meitus born at Kropyvnytskyi.
1997
Yulii Meitus died at Kyiv.
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• Honored Art Worker of the Turkmen SSR (1944) • Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1948) • Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1951) • Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1960, 1971) • People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1973) • Order of Friendship of Peoples (1983) • Shevchenko National Prize (1991) • Medal "For Labour Valour"
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The authorities additionally record the headings Yuli Meitus, Julij Meitus, Yuly Meytus, Yuly Sergeyevich Meytus and Yuliy Serhiyovych Meytus. His recorded language was Ukrainian. Meitus received Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Medal "For Labour Valour".
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