Yevgeny Kirillovich Golubev (russian: Евге́ний Кири́ллович Го́лубев) (16 February 1910 25 December 1988) was a Soviet and Russian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Golubev was born and died in

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. He was taught by

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 som ...

, and his students included

Iosif Andriasov Iosif Arshakovich Andriasov, also Ovsep Andreasian (russian: Ио́сиф Арша́кович Андриа́сов; 7 April 1933 in Moscow – 16 November 2000 in New York City), was a composer-symphonist, a moral philosopher, and a teacher. Iosi ...

from 1958 till 1963,

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

, who studied with him from 1953 until 1958,

Asya Sultanova Asya Bakhish Sultanova (16 October 1923 – 22 November 2021) was an Azerbaijani composer who is best known for her works for children and her collaboration with singer Muslim Magomayev. Biography Sultanova was born in Baku. Her father was a geo ...

, and Michael L. Geller. His own compositions included at least twenty-four

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s, seven symphonies, three

piano concerto A piano concerto is a type of concerto, a solo composition in the classical music genre which is composed for a piano player, which is typically accompanied by an orchestra or other large ensemble. Piano concertos are typically virtuoso showpiec ...

s - the last dedicated to and recorded by

Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (russian: Татья́на Петро́вна Никола́ева, ''Tat'jana Petrovna Nikolajeva''; May 4, 1924November 22, 1993) was a pianist, composer, and teacher from the Soviet Union. Life Nikolayeva was born ...

-, concertos for

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and

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, ten

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s (the sixth dedicated to Myaskovsky), sonatas for

and for

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(1956) (the latter dedicated to Sergei Nikolaevich Yeryomin), and

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s for strings with piano and with harp, among other works. This harp quintet is one of Golubev's few works that are still occasionally performed. The

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state record label

Melodiya Melodiya ( rus, links=no, Мелодия, t=Melody) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) record label. It was the state-owned major record company of the Soviet Union. History Melodiya was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm ...

released several LPs of his music, including the three piano concertos, two of the symphonies, and some chamber works and songs which are no longer easily available. During the last years, some of these old recordings were released on CD. Melodiya has in 2005 reissued Nikolayeva's recordings of the 3rd piano concerto and 4th piano sonata (1942–1943).Here
is a link to the album on Melodiya's own website.

Selected works

Symphonic

* Symphony no. 1 op. 11 (1933, rev. 1950) * Symphony no. 2 op. 17 (1938, rev. 1973) * Symphony no. 3 op. 21bis (1942, rev. 1974) * Symphony no. 4 op. 28 (1947) * Symphony no. 5 in A minor op. 45 (1960) * Symphony no. 6 op. 51 (1966) * Symphony no. 7 in B minor op. 67, ‘Heroic’ (1972) * Ukrainian Rhapsody in G minor, op. 81 (1982)

Concertante

* Piano concerto no. 1 in A minor op. 24 (1944) * Piano concerto no. 2 in D flat op. 30 (1948) * Piano concerto no. 3 in G minor op. 40 (1954) * Cello concerto in D minor, op. 41 (1956) * Violin concerto in D minor op. 56 (1970) * Viola concerto op. 57 (1962)

Stage Works

* Ballet – Одиссей (The Oddysey) (1965) * Oratorio – Возвращение солнца (Return of the Sun) op.12, Sami folk tale (1936, rev. 1980) * Oratorio – Герои бессмертны (Immortal Heroes) op. 25 (1946, Stefanovich/Gorodestky)

Chamber works

* 24 string quartets (1931-1986) * Piano quintet op. 20 (1938) * Quintet for harp and string quartet in C minor op. 39 (1953) * Quartet for two flutes and two harps op. 49 (1963) * Violin sonata op. 37 (1952) * Cello sonata op. 60 (1972) * Trumpet sonata in E flat op. 36/1 (1951)

Piano

* 10 sonatas (1930-1977) * Ukrainian rhapsody op. 14 (1936) * Triptych for piano or organ op. 85 (1985) * 5 pieces in memory of M. Lermontov (1939) * Children’s album (1945–46) * Additional smaller pieces

Vocal

* Works for voice and piano * Works for unaccompanied chorus * Russian folk songs, etc.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golubev, Evgeny 1910 births 1988 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Russian male musicians People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Musicians from Moscow Russian classical composers Russian male classical composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers Pupils of Nikolai Myaskovsky Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery