Nikolay Sokolov (composer)

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Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; 26 March [O.S. 14 March] 1859  27 March 1922) was a Russian composer of classical music and a member of the circle that grew around the publisher Mitrofan Belyayev.

Career

Sokolov was born in Saint Petersburg in 1859. A student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, he taught Alexander Tcherepnin, Dmitri Shostakovich and Yuri Shaporin[1] at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.

He was the posthumous dedicatee of Shostakovich's Theme and Variations in B-flat major for orchestra, Op. 3.[2][3]

Sokolov's recorded works include his contributions to several collaborative projects of the "Belyayev circle", including the set of character pieces for string quartet known as Les Vendredis as well as a set of variations for piano and orchestra on a Russian theme.

Other works include a Quintet, Op. 3, also arranged for string orchestra as a serenade; final chorus from Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's Don Juan, Op. 5; choruses for women's voices, Op. 12 (published 1892); piano variations, Op. 25; Variations on a popular Russian theme for string quartet (published 1899). There are also three string quartets, in F major, A major and D minor, and a string trio in D minor, his Op. 45 (published in 1916). All of these were published by Belyayev's firm.

It is possible that, when Sergei Diaghilev was looking for a composer for The Firebird, Sokolov was considered before Igor Stravinsky was settled on.[4][5]

He died in Petrograd in 1922, aged 63.

Selected worklist

  • Orchestral music
    • Elegie, for orchestra (pub. 1888)[6]
    • Four pieces for strings, Op. 18[7]
    • Second Serenade for strings, Op. 23[8]
    • Caressante polka, for string orchestra, Op. 38.[9]
    • Divertissement, Op. 42[10]
    • Music for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, for large orchestra, Op. 44[11]
  • String quartets
    • No. 1 in F major, Op. 7[12]
    • No. 2 in A major, Op. 14[13]
    • No. 3 in D minor, Op. 20[14]
  • Other chamber music, and piano music.
    • Elegie, for violin with piano accompaniment, Op. 17.[15]
    • Variations for piano, Op. 25.[16]
    • String trio in D minor, Op. 45[17]

Ballet 'Les Cygnes Sauvages' Op.40 Suite for Orchestra Belaieff 1902 pl.#2353-2355

  • Vocal music
    • Four lieder from Op. 1[18]
    • Three-part chorus "Printemps"[19]
    • Four romances on words of Apollon Korinfsky with piano accompaniment, Op. 24 (pub. 1895)[20]

Books

  • Sokolov, N. Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo k izucheniiu akkordov, vkhodiashchikh v kurs II-go klassa solfedzhio Petrogradskoi konservatorii. 1897, reprinted 1916. Izd. M.P. Bieliaeva. (18 pages.[21])
  • Sokolov, N. Imitatsii na cantus firmus; posobie pri izuchenii kontrapunkta strogogo stilia. Leningrad: Izd. Gosudarstvennoi konservatorii. 1928. (62 pages, of which pages 23–62 are score.)

Notes

  1. van Rijen, Onno. "Yuri Shaporin". Retrieved 2008-07-11. 
  2. Fay, Shostakovich: A Life, p.19
  3. van Rijen, Onno. "Compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich: Childhood and Youth (1906-1924)". Retrieved 2008-07-11. 
  4. Taruskin, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works Through Mavra, p.579
  5. Walsh, Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France, 1882-1934, unspecified page
  6. Elegie : pour orchestre (WorldCat.org) at worldcat.org
  7. 4 pʹesy dli︠a︡ skripki, soch. 18 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  8. 2me sérénade : pour orchestre à cordes, op. 23 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  9. Caressante polka : pour orchestre d'archets, op. 38 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  10. Divertissement : pour grand orchestre, op. 42 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  11. Musique pour "Le conte d'hiver" de Shakespeare : pour grand orchestre, op. 44 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  12. The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library /All Locations at catnyp.nypl.org
  13. 2me quatuor (en la majeur) pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, op. 14. (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  14. Troisième quatuor (en re mineur) : pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, op. 20 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  15. Elégie pour violon avec accompagnement de piano, op. 17 (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  16. Variations pour piano ... Op. 25 ... (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  17. https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1368617&DB=local
  18. Mirlyn - Ann Arbor and Flint - Full Record at mirlyn.lib.umich.edu
  19. Spring = Printemps : three-part chorus for women's voices (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  20. Chetyre romansa na slova Apollona Korinfskago s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano ... soch. 24 ... (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
  21. The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library /All Locations at catnyp.nypl.org

References

  • Fay, Laurel (1999). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-19-513438-9. 
  • Taruskin, Richard. Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works Through Mavra. Oxford University Press. p. 579. ISBN 0-19-816250-2. 
  • Walsh, Stephen. Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France, 1882-1934. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1999. ISBN 0-679-41484-3.

External links

Davis-Beattie, Richard 'Beauty of Belaieff' p.288-290 ISBN 978-1-905912-14-8

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