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Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев; 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1884 – 27 January 1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology.
- Early Years
- Post-Revolution
- The "Reactionary"
- The Tchaikovsky Archive
- Bibliography
The son of a humble official, Boris had a rather dreary childhood, marred by poverty. His mother, a peasant's daughter, had to take on sewing jobs in order to make ends meet. However, when Boris's love of music manifested itself very early on (aged 5 or 6, he was already improvising on the family's piano), his father began taking him to concerts in...
In May 1917, Asafyev was promoted to the post of musical consultant to the Mariinsky Ballet. His duties now involved composing extra numbers to be inserted in classical ballets, as well as re-orchestrating Ludwig Minkus's The Bayadere. Before Mikhail Fokine left Russia for good in 1918, Asafyev was able to work with him on some of his innovative ch...
Towards the end of the 1920s, Asafyev came under attack from RAPM for the content and style of his books, which were said to be pervaded by "counterrevolutionary, anti-Marxist idealism", "reactionary formalism" and "religious mysticism". (This was not surprising, since the RAPM ideologues had, for example, declared Tchaikovsky's music to be decaden...
In 1940, Margarita Rittikh, head of the manuscript section at the Tchaikovsky House-Museum in Klin, enlisted Asafyev's collaboration for various projects linked to the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth. Asafyev replied that he was too busy that year because he was in fact already working on a new study on Tchaikovsky's music. However, he ac...
For works written or edited by Boris Asafyev, see Bibliography Index (A).Orlova, Yelena. Б. В. Асафьев: Путь исследователя и публициста(Leningrad, 1964)Kryukov, Andrey (ed.). Воспоминания о Б. В. Асафьеве(Leningrad, 1974), p. 474.Запись становится косым дождем, ливнем. Клинская тетрадь Б. В. Асафьева(1990)Aug 15, 2020 · Boris Asafyev (1884-1949) : The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, Romance & Andante from the ballet (1934) - YouTube. Rodders. 22.9K subscribers. Subscribed. 45. 2.2K views 3 years ago. I. Romance II....
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Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in Saint Petersburg.
Boris Asafyev, one of the founders of Soviet musicology, wrote the following summary assessment regarding Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “He was the first composer of a new Russian type… in a deeply original, personal and national style he united the symphonic thought of Beethoven and Schumann with the work of Glinka, and transformed Liszt’s ...
Jan 1, 2021 · This paper investigates the position of the Russian Boris V. Asafyev (1884–1949) in 1920s European musicology and music theory.
The theories of Boris Asafiev, including musical process, symphonism, and intonatsiya, proved to be hugely influential in the Soviet Union and beyond. While Asafiev’s ideas were widely adopted by theorists and audiences alike, they were also appropriated by a generation of music critics.
