Aleksandr Yurasovsky
{{Short description|Russian conductor and composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alexander Ivanovich Yurasovsky
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| native_name = {{nobold|Александр Иванович Юрасовский}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|6|15}}
| birth_place = Mishkovo, Oryol district, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|1|31|1890|6|15}}
| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| occupation = Conductor, composer
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Alexander Ivanovich Yurasovsky{{efn|{{langx|ru|Александр Иванович Юрасовский|{{transliteration|ru|Aleksandr Ivanovich Yurasovsky}}}}}}{{family name footnote|Ivanovich|Yurasovsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}} (June 15, 1890{{spaced ndash}}January 31, 1922) was a conductor and composer active in the Russian Empire and later in the Soviet Union.Allan Ho, Dmitry Feofanov, editors, Biographical dictionary of Russian/Soviet composers (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989), p. 609-10.
Biography
Yurasovsky was born in the town of Mishkovo located within the Oryol district. He was the grandson of violinist Vasiliǐ Zhakharovich (1842-1907) and son of the opera singer Nadezhda Vasil'evna Salina (1864-1955).{{Cite book|title=Aleksandr IUrasovskiǐ: Dnevnik nedopisannoǐ zhizni|last=Naumov|first=A. V.|publisher=Vuzovskaia Kniga|year=2017|isbn=9785950208164|location=Moscow|pages=478}}[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_music/8906/%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9 M.P. Leonov, "A. I. Yurasovsky" in Akademik - Muz'kal'naia Entsiklopedia]. He studied piano with E.P. Savina and musical composition with Peter Nikolaevich Renchitsky, Reinhold Glière and Alexander Gretchaninov, graduating from Moscow University in 1913 with a degree in law.
He made his conducting debut in 1912. After time in the Russian Army from 1914 to 1917, he resumed his musical activity, conducting concerts in Kharkiv, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don.
He held administrative and conducting positions, and orchestrated Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 2 as well as Suite of Preludes (containing preludes Op. 23, No 3, 4, 10, and Op. 32, No 12, 13).
List of works
Opera
- Trilby (libretto by composer from the novel by George du Maurier)
Orchestra works
- In the Moonlight, op. 6 (1911)
- Pastel (2 Pictures, 1911)
- Ghosts, symphonic poem, op. 8 (1912)
- Spring Symphony (1918)
- Poem-concerto for piano and orchestra (1918)
- Suite (1922)
Chamber music
- Dramatic sonata cello and piano. (1911)
- Piano Trio (1911)
Piano music
- 4 Preludes (1910)
- Sonata dramatique, op. 3 (1910)
- 6 The way of love songs (lyrics by A. Allyn, 1912)
- 3 songs (lyrics by Nekrasov, 1913),
- 14 recitations to music
- music for productions of dramas, including "The Prince and the manor" (1914)
- 6 improvisations (1915) 3 ensembles for women 's voices with AF. (1913) for voice and piano
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMSLP|id=Yurasovsky,_Aleksandr|cname=Alexandr Yurasovsky}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Aleksandr Yurasovsky}}
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Category:Composers from the Russian Empire
Category:Moscow State University alumni