Draft:Anatoly Komarovsky
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Anatoly Sergeyevich Komarovsky (Russian: Анатолий Сергеевич Комаровский; 7 November 1909 – 23 June 1955) was a Russian violinist, conductor, and composer.
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Education
In 1929, he graduated from Moscow's Rachmaninoff College of Music as a violinist. Between 1937 and 1941, he studied composition at the Moscow Conservatory under Vissarion Shebalin.
Career
Between 1931 and 1933, he was director, composer and conductor first at the "Satirical Theatre", then at the "Red Torch Theatre" in Novosibirsk. From 1933 until 1936, he was first violin and concertmaster in the Moscow theatre "Rome". Between 1936 and 1939 he was director of music at the drama theatre in Tula.
During the war years of 1941 to 1945, he directed the dance and choir ensemble on the Kaliningrad front.
From 1946 to 1947, he was director of music at a Moscow musical theatre. Between 1947 and 1948, he was director of music at the Moscow Drama Theatre in Dzerzhinsky.
Works
- Musical comedy: Golden Hearts (1940);
- For choir and symphony orchestra: Happiness Everywhere;
- For symphony orchestra: a symphony (1941), a march (1941) and three Romanian dances (1954);
- For violin and symphony orchestra: Russian Variations (1938), Concerto Nr. 1 (1947) and Concerto Nr. 2 (1950);
- For clarinet and symphony orchestra: Concerto (1948);
- For French horn and symphony orchestra: Concerto (1951, reworked 1954);
- For small symphony orchestra: Kolkhoz Suite (1941) and Protyashnaya i Plyasovaya (1948);
- For string orchestra: Hymn (1950);
- For Russian folk orchestra: Fantasy on Russian Themes (1940) and Variations on a Russian Theme (1949);
- String quartet I (1938) und II (1939);
- For violin, cello and piano: 8 pieces on folk themes (1950);
- For violin, bass and piano: Variations (1951);
- For 2 violins and piano: 4 duets on Udmurt themes (1954);
- For violin and piano: Theme and Variations (1950), Belarussian Rhapsody (1950), Sonata (1951), Russian Song and Folk Dance (1951), Ukrainian Lullaby and Shepherd Boy (1951), Kolkhoz Day Suite (1951), By the Festive Fire and At Work (1951), Little Waltz (1951), Collection of Easy Pieces (1953), 4 Concertos (1954), Theme and Variations (1954);
- For 2 violins: Duets for 2 Violins (2 volumes, 1952) and 43 Etudes (1952);
- For cello and piano: Rondo (1936);
- For trombone and piano: Serenade (1940);
- For piano: A Suite for Little Ones (1934) and Sonatina (1935);
- For violin: 38 Etudes (1950–1951);
- For voice and piano: Romances;
- For choir: A Hymn to Labour (1946), Song of the Strong (1946), and Harvest (1948);
- For light orchestra: A Fantasy on Gypsy Folk Themes (1941);
- Music for dramatic performances (approx. 40);
- Arrangements of folk songs.
References
External links
- Literature by and about Anatoly Komarovsky in the German National Library catalogue
- Free scores by Anatoly Komarovsky at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Biography on Biografija.ru (in Russian)