Zakaria Paliashvili
Sakaria Paliashvili (Georgian ზაქარია ფალიაშვილი; . * 4 Augustjul / August 16 1871greg in Kutaisi, . † October 6, 1933 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian composer, classical European music with Georgian folk music combined.
Life
He was born into a musical family with eleven siblings. The father was a chorister, three of his brothers were professional musicians. At eight, he sang in the choir of the Catholic church in Kutaisi, where she learned to play the organ. After the family had moved in 1887 to Tbilisi, he joined the Agniaschwilli Choir, which was then the only Georgian professional choir, in, became organist at the Catholic parish of St. Mary in Tbilisi. Beside him Meliton Balantschiwadse, Niko Sulchanischwili and Dmitri Araqischwili among the musically active parishioners. From 1895 to 1899 Paliashvili studied at the Tiflis music school French horn and composition theory, published studies on the tradition and folklore of Transcaucasia.
From 1900 to 1903 he became a fellow at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Sergei Taniew. With his teacher, he was anxious to push on a musical window to the West, in opposition to a group led by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, who wanted to create a Russian national music.
After returning to Georgia, he worked as an organist and conductor at several music schools and high schools. In 1905 he was co-founder of the Georgian Philharmonic Society, founded their choir and the orchestra. From 1919 to 1932 he was a professor at the Conservatory of Tbilisi, from 1929 to 1932 to be rector.
From 1905 published Paliashvili own compositions, including Akhal aghnago sulo, Lullaby, Mravaljamieri and Georgian liturgies. His main work was the opera Abesalom and Eteri (1919), Daisi (German Dusk, 1923) and Latavra (1928 ). They were first performed in Tbilisi. On the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution in 1927, he composed a ceremonial cantata. In addition, a Georgian Suite and romances and choral works were created, including an adaptation of Georgian liturgy for a large choir.
He collected 300 Georgian folk songs, which he recorded with the aid of a phonograph. In 1910 he gave the collection out 40 Georgian folk songs. In the same year he published eight Georgian folk songs, which he edited for a mixed choir and orchestra.
Motives of the opera Abesalom and Eteri and Daisi form the basis of the valid from September 2004 National anthem of Georgia. In 1937, the State Theater of Opera and Ballet in Tbilisi was named after him. His portrait is shown on the Georgian Lari two - dollar bill.