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Ivan The Terrible (Prokofiev)
''Ivan the Terrible'' (russian: Иван Грозный), Op. 116, is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for Sergei Eisenstein's film ''Ivan the Terrible'' (1942–45) and its sequel (1946), the first two parts of an incomplete trilogy. The project was Prokofiev's second collaboration with Eisenstein, the first being the popular '' Aleksandr Nevskiy'' (1938). The majority of the non-liturgical song texts were written by Vladimir Lugovskoy, who collaborated with Prokofiev on the texts for ''Aleksandr Nevskiy''. The subject of the "First Tale" (Part 1) is the early years, 1547 to 1565, of the reign of Ivan IV of Russia: his coronation, his intent to curb the powers of the boyars, his wedding, his conquest of Kazan, his almost fatal illness, the poisoning and death of his first wife Anastasiya, the formation of the Oprichniki, and his abdication. The "Second Tale" (Part 2), subtitled ''The Boyar Conspiracy'', covers the years 1565 to 1569, and concerns the defection of Prince K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from ''The Love for Three Oranges,'' the suite ''Lieutenant Kijé'', the ballet ''Romeo and Juliet''—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and ''Peter and the Wolf.'' Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created—excluding juvenilia—seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas. A graduate of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Palmer
Christopher Francis Palmer (9 September 194622 January 1995) was an English composer, arranger and orchestrator; biographer of composers, champion of lesser-known composers and writer on film music and other musical subjects; record producer; and lecturer. He was involved in a very wide range of projects and his output was prodigious. He came to be regarded as one of the finest symphonic orchestrators of his generation. He was dedicated to the conservation, recording and promotion of classic film scores by composers such as Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Miklós Rózsa, Elmer Bernstein and others. He wrote full biographies as well as sleeve notes, radio scripts, reviews and articles, on composers such as Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius, Karol Szymanowski, Arthur Bliss, George Dyson (composer), George Dyson, Herbert Howells, Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Tcherepnin and others. He arranged music from the film scores and other music of William Walton, Malcolm Arnol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (music), strings (some can have five-string violin, five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow (music), bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical music, Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass (voice Type)
A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E2–E4).; ''The Oxford Dictionary of Music'' gives E2–E4/F4 Its tessitura, or comfortable range, is normally defined by the outermost lines of the bass clef. Categories of bass voices vary according to national style and classification system. Italians favour subdividing basses into the ''basso cantante'' (singing bass), ''basso buffo'' ("funny" bass), or the dramatic ''basso profondo'' (low bass). The American system identifies the bass-baritone, comic bass, lyric bass, and dramatic bass. The German ''Fach'' system offers further distinctions: Spielbass (Bassbuffo), Schwerer Spielbass (Schwerer Bassbuffo), Charakterbass (Bassbariton), and Seriöser Bass. These classification systems can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second A below middle C to the A above middle C (A2 to A4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French sacred polyphonic music. At this early stage it was frequently used as the lowest of the voices (including the bass), but in 17th-century Italy the term was all-encompassing and used to describe the averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e. A3–A5 in scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C4; 220–880 Hz). In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C (F3, 175 Hz) and as high as "high C" (C6, 1047 Hz). The mezzo-soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic mezzo-soprano. History While mezzo-sopranos typically sing secondary roles in operas, notable exceptions include the title role in Bizet's '' Carmen'', Angelina (Cinderella) in Rossini's ''La Cenerentola'', and Rosina in Rossini's ''Barber of Seville'' (all of which are also sung by sopranos and contraltos). Many 19th-century French-language operas give the leading female role to mezzos, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contralto
A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typically between the F below middle C (F3 in scientific pitch notation) to the second F above middle C (F5), although, at the extremes, some voices can reach the D below middle C (D3) or the second B above middle C (B5). The contralto voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic contralto. History "Contralto" is primarily meaningful only in reference to classical and operatic singing, as other traditions lack a comparable system of vocal categorization. The term "contralto" is only applied to female singers; men singing in a similar range are called "countertenors". The Italian terms "contralto" and "alto" are not synonymous, "alto" technically denoting a specific vocal range in choral singing without regard to factors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetskiy Kompozitor
Sovetsky (masculine), Sovetskaya (feminine), Sovetskoye (neuter), or Sovetskiye (plural) is something named after the Soviet Union. Places *Sovetsky District (other), several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union * Sovetsky Okrug (other), various divisions in Russia *Sovetsky Urban Settlement (or ''Sovetskoye Urban Settlement''), several municipal urban settlements in Russia *Sovetsky, Russia (''Sovetskaya'', ''Sovetskoye''), several inhabited localities in Russia *Sovetsky, Baku (''Sovetskaya''), historical inhabited locality in Baku's Yasamal district *Sovietskyi (''Sovetsky''), an urban-type settlement in Crimea *Sovietske (''Sovetskoye''), an urban-type settlement in Crimea * Sovetskiy, Kyrgyzstan, an urban-type settlement in Kyrgyzstan *Sovetsky Airport, an airport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia *Sovietsky Hotel, a hotel located in Moscow *Sovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station), the Soviet Antarctic research station **Sovetskaya (lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetskaya Muzyka
''Music Academy'' (russian: Музыкальная Академия, translit=Muzykalʹnaja Akademija, italic=yes; before 1992 – ''Soviet Music'') is the oldest Russian peer-reviewed academic journal about music. History ''Soviet Music'' (russian: Советская музыка, translit=Sovetskaya muzika, italic=yes) was established in February 1933 by the Union of Soviet Composers and the Soviet Ministry of Culture. In the first year, the journal was a bimonthly publication 200 pages in length, but after that until World War II the journal was published once a month and was on average 110 pages long. In 1979, the circulation of the magazine was 21,000 copies. In Soviet times, the journal published articles devoted to the works of domestic and foreign composers, the problems of music science, the development of national and ethnic musical cultures, heritage and education, and questions of the performer skills. The journal also contained various discussion materials, reviews of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levon Atovmyan
Levon may refer to: Music * "Levon" (song), a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin * Levon & the Hawks, an original alternative name for The Band *Love for Levon, a concert held on October 3, 2012 in New Jersey as a tribute to the late drummer/singer Levon Helm of The Band *Levon (band), a country music band Other uses *Levon (name) Levon or Lévon is an Armenian given name (in Armenian Լեւոն) equivalent to Leon. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * King Leo (other), a series of individuals known as King Levon (in Armenian) ... See also * Lavon (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Vinogradov (bass)
Alexander Vinogradov is a Russian operatic bass. He began his music education at the age of 7, starting with the piano and the clarinet. From 1994 to 1995 he was a student at the Moscow State Technical University. Vinogradov became a student of the Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ... in 1995. He has performed with orchestras such as Staatskapelle Berlin, Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, RAI Torino, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Montreal Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam, RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Vienna and Berlin. References External links *Askonas Holt {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinograd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rundfunkchor Berlin
The Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Choir) is a professional German classical choir founded in 1925. In the 1950s the choir was divided into the Berliner Solistenvereinigung and the Großer Chor des Berliner Rundfunks. These were united as Rundfunkchor Berlin in 1973.''Organists' Review'' 1996– vol. 82, p. 229: "Now Marcus Creed's RIAS Chamber Choir (the Berlin radio choir) has produced a programme which eclipses them all. The Choir was founded in 1948 to sing contemporary music. Entrusted with first performances by many major composers ..." The choir is one of four professional bodies administered by , founded in 1994 and jointly owned by Deutschlandradio (40%), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (35%), Land Berlin (20%) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) founded 1925 and continuing in East Berlin; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, founded 1946 in West Berlin as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester (RSO); the Rundfunkchor Berlin; and the RIAS Kammer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
