Yuri Sergeevich Sakhnovsky[a] (September 25, 1866 – April 2, 1930)[1] was a Russian composer, conductor, and music critic.[2]
Yuri Sergeevich Sakhnovsky Юрий Сергеевич Сахновский | |
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| Born | September 25, 1866 Gorodishchi, Russian Empire (present-day Sverdlovsky, Russia) |
| Died | April 2, 1930 (aged 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Russia) |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, music critic |
Sakhnovsky came from a well-off family and was known as a "bon vivant (he weighed 260.lbs) handsome, brilliant and wealthy".[3]
Sakhnovsky studied chant with Stepan Vasilevich Smolensky, to whom Sergei Rachmaninoff dedicated his Vespers, though Sakhnovsky later turned to a more "lush" style of choral writing.[4] While a student Sakhnovsky took in his eight-year younger fellow student Rachmaninoff during the difficult winter when it seemed he was suffering from malaria.
In later life Sakhnovsky was active more as a critic than a composer. Particularly notorious were his attacks on Alexander Scriabin's music as "decadent" from 1911-1914.
His song "The Blacksmith" was recorded by Maxim Mikhailov and his song "The Clock" was recorded by Vladimir Rosing.
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editReferences and Sources
edit- ^ "Юрий Сергеевич Сахновский". Специальное радио. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ ГЦММК, ф. 82, 838 ед. хр., 1889-1930.
- ^ Bowers, Faubion. Scriabin, a biography: p. 254.
- ^ Strimple, Nick. Choral Music in the Twentieth Century: p. 141.
- Bowers, Faubion (1996). Scriabin, a Biography. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-28897-0. OCLC 33405309.
- Strimple, Nick (2003). Choral Music in the Twentieth Century. Amadeus. ISBN 978-1-57467-074-5.