Boris Asafyev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Boris Asafyev

Russian composer

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1884

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1949

Profession: composer, opinion journalism, conductor, pianist, music critic, music pedagogy, choreographer, ballet studies, music criticism, musicologist, music theorist, music pedagogue, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Boris Asafyev

  • Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev, PAU (Russian: ????´? ?????´??????? ???´????; 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.
  • He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony.
  • He was born in St.
  • Petersburg.Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music.
  • His compositions include ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music.
  • His ballets include Flames of Paris, based on the French Revolution, and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St.
  • Petersburg in 2006. His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).

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