Yuri Shaporin
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Yury (also Iurii, Yury) Alexandrovich Shaporin (Russian: Юрий (Георгий) Александрович Шапорин; November 8, 1887 [O.S. October 27] - December 9, 1966) was a Russian Soviet composer.
His teachers included Nikolay Sokolov, Maximilian Steinberg and Nikolai Tcherepnin.
[edit] Further reading
- Grosheva, Elena Andreevna, ed. Iurii Aleksandrovich Shaporin : literaturnoe nasledie--statʹi, pisʹma : statʹi o tvorchestve I.U.A. Shaporina : vospominaniia sovremennikov. Moscow: "Sov. kompozitor", 1989. ISBN 585285123X.
- Martynov, I. (Ivan Ivanovich.) Iurii Shaporin. Moskva : Izd-vo Muzyka, 1966. OCLC 10286667. Work list: pp. 161-164.
[edit] Brief list of works
- Piano sonatas (at least two. First sonata, opus 5 published around 1924. Sonata no. 2 is op. 7, published around 1929)
- Symphony for chorus and orchestra, op. 11
- Na pole Kukikovom: cantata, op. 14
- The story of the battle for the Russian land op. 17 (recorded on HMV in about 1970)
- How long shall the kite fly? : oratorio for baritone, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra, op. 20
- Pieces for cello and piano, op. 25
- Ballade for piano, op. 28
- The Decembrists (Dekabristy), opera.
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Biography
- Review of a recording of the Decembrists (1954 recording reissue. Review contains a brief biography.)