Aleksandr Zatayevich
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Aleksandr Viktorovich Zatayevich (Russian: Александp Викторович Затаевич; March 20, 1869 [O.S. March 8]–December 6, 1936)[1] was a Russian music ethnographer and exponent of Central Asian folk music.[2][3]
[edit] Life
Zatayevich was born on March 20, 1869 in Oryol. He graduated from the Oryol military gymnasium in 1886. He was largely self-taught in music theory. He lived in Warsaw, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg, then finally settled in Orenburg in 1920, where he began his most significant work. He worked as an ethnographer, collector, researcher on Kazakh folk music, and recorded about 3,000 instrumental melodies.[1] He contributed to the Warsaw Diary which published music critiques and analyses.[4] He wrote over 2,300 pieces of Kazakh folk music, of which 1,500 were published in two volumes during his life.[5] He was the first to create a categorization system for Kazakh music, including genres such as historic, comedic, and legendary.[6] He died on December 6, 1936 in Moscow.[1]
[edit] Bibliography
- —. 1000 songs of Kyrgyz/Kazakh people: tunes and melodies. Orenburg, 1925.
- —. 500 songs and kyuis of Aday, Bukey, Semipalatinsk, and the Ural Kazakhs. Alma-Ata, 1931.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (Russian) Zatayevich Aleksandr Viktorovich. Biografiya (2006). Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors. New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ Akhmet Zhubanov. UNESCO (2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ Zatayevich Aleksandr Viktorovich. Culture in Vologda Oblast (2000). Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Kunanbayeva, Alma (1992). Kazakhstan (Kaz. Kazak Respublikasy).. Phonoarchive. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ (Russian) Shukrat, Aysarov (2005). Zatayevich Aleksandr Viktorovich. Muzykal'noye naslediye Kazakhstana. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
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