Vadim Salmanov

Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanow (Russian Вадим Николаевич Салманов; * 22 Oktoberjul / November 4 1912greg in Saint Petersburg, .. † February 27, 1978 ) was a Russian composer.

Life

Salmanow received from his father piano lessons at the age of six years. Later it was Fyodor Akimenko composition lessons. But just before he would begin his musical studies at the Leningrad Conservatory at the age of 18, he decided to suddenly and instead studied geology. After graduation, he worked as a geologist before he changed his mind again and 1936 but began to study composition at the Leningrad Conservatory with Mikhail Gnessins. In 1941, he completed this successfully and moved a little later as a soldier in the Second World War. Then came Salmanow reinforced with compositions to the public. From 1946 he worked as a teacher in the music establishment. In 1952 he entered the Leningrad Conservatory; up to its end of life and from 1965 as a professor, he taught composition. At times he was even chairman of the Composers Department. Incidentally Salmanow perceived some political activities, including as Secretary of the Soviet Composers' Union. In 1972 Salmanow was appointed " People's Artist of the RSFSR ."

Style

Salmanow first composed in a fairly conservative idiom. He favored a popular, catchy melodies and lush timbres. Many of his works were programmatic backgrounds that often were based on descriptions of nature or ancient Russian tales. The harmony was mainly influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich, but used Salmanow a more lyrical, less linear style without so characteristic of Shostakovich irony. But this changed in the early 1960s, as Salmanow modernized his musical language. He renounced now largely on programs to compose an absolute, often philosophically tinged music. His melody was significantly more brittle, the harmony rough, a sense of the grotesque was added. He reached back to more polyphonic forms of design and approached a total of Shostakovich. In the works of the 1960s, Salmanow sought a synthesis of twelve-tone technique and tonal harmony. In 1966 he returned, however, gradually to a more conservative, melodic musical language back based on a chromatic tonality embossed. Salmanow was V.A. known for his Symphony No. 2 and his skillful vocal music. In conductors Yevgeny Mravinsky Salmanow had a prominent advocate who brought his works regularly for performance.

Works

  • Orchestral works Symphony No.1 in D minor (1952 )
  • Symphony No.2 in G major (1959 )
  • Symphony No.3 in A minor (1963 )
  • Symphony No.4 in B minor (1976 )
  • Little Symphony for String Orchestra ( 1941)
  • Toy Symphony (1962 )
  • " Poetic images " Suite by Andersen ( 1955)
  • Symphonic poems
  • "Welcome to October! " Overture ( 1976)
  • "Man ", Ballet (1964 )
  • Sonata for Piano and String Orchestra ( 1961)
  • Two violin concertos (1964, 1974)
  • " Big City Nights ", Suite for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1962 )
  • " The Twelve ", oratorio after Blok (1957 )
  • "Ode to Lenin " for chorus and orchestra by Neruda (1969 )
  • " The Scythians ", cantata after Blok (1973 )
  • " The Swan females ", Concerto for choir a cappella No. 1 ( 1966)
  • " Good guy," Concerto for Choir No. 2 for Tenor, Male Choir, English horn and bayan (1971 )
  • Songs and choruses to texts by Blok, Esenin, García Lorca and Neruda
  • String Quartet No.1 in F minor (1945, rev. 1956)
  • String Quartet No.2 (1958 )
  • String Quartet No.3 in D major (1961 )
  • String Quartet No.4 in G major (1963 )
  • String Quartet No. 5 (1968 )
  • String Quartet No.6 (1971 )
  • Piano Quartet (1947 )
  • Two piano trios (1946, 1949)
  • 3 violin sonatas (1945, rev. 1953, 1962, 1977)
  • Cello Sonata (1963 )
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