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Symphony No. 16 (Myaskovsky)
Nikolai Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 16 in F major, opus number, op. 39, was composed in 1935-6 and has the nickname ''Aviation Symphony''. The Symphony is in four movement (music), movements: #Allegro vivace #Andantino e semplice, in B-flat major, B major #Sostenuto. Andante marciale, ma sostenuto in A minor #Tempo precedente. Allegro ma non troppo (A minor followed by F major) Myaskovsky is said to have told his biographer Alexey Ikonnikov that the slow movement of the symphony was inspired by the crash of the Tupolev ANT-20, Tupolev ANT-20 "Maksim Gorky". However, Patrick Zuk goes on: "One suspects that this 'content' was bestowed on the movement retrospectively ... there is no mention of the crash, or indeed, anything to do with aviation in Myaskovsky's own programme note." The premiere was on 24 October 1936, in Moscow with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by E. Szenkar. The first movement begins with a tuplet, triplet accompaniment and a chromatic main theme. The second mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; pl, Mikołaj Miąskowski, syn Jakóbowy; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony". Myaskovsky was awarded the Stalin Prize five times. Early years Myaskovsky was born in Nowogieorgiewsk, near Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, the son of an engineer officer in the Russian army. After the death of his mother the family was brought up by his father's sister, Yelikonida Konstantinovna Myaskovskaya, who had been a singer at the Saint Petersburg Opera. The family moved to Saint Petersburg in his teens. Though he learned piano and violin, he was discouraged from pursuing a musical career, and entered the military. However, a performance of Tchaikovsky's ''Pathétique'' Symphony conducted by Arthur Nikisch in 1896 inspired him to become a composer. In 1902 he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
