Lyubov Lvovna Streicher (3 March 1888 - 31 March 1958) was a Russian composer, teacher, and violinist, as well as a founding member of the

Society for Jewish Folk Music The Jewish art music movement began at the end of the 19th century in Russia, with a group of Russian Jewish classical composers dedicated to preserving Jewish folk music and creating a new, characteristically Jewish genre of classical music. The ...

. Streicher was born in

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. She graduated from the

St. Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

, where she studied with

Leopold Auer Leopold von Auer ( hu, Auer Lipót; June 7, 1845July 15, 1930) was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and instructor. Many of his students went on to become prominent concert performers and teachers. Early life and career Au ...

Mikhail Gnessin Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin (russian: Михаил Фабианович Гнесин; sometimes transcribed ''Gnesin''; 2 February .S. 21 January18835 May 1957)Sitsky, Larry. (1994) ''Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900–1929,'' pp.24 ...

Anatoly Lyadov Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (russian: Анато́лий Константи́нович Ля́дов; ) was a Russian composer, teacher, and conductor (music), conductor. Biography Lyadov was born in 1855 in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersbur ...

, and

Maximilian Steinberg Maximilian Osseyevich Steinberg (Russian Максимилиан Осеевич Штейнберг; – 6 December 1946) was a Russian composer of classical music. Though once considered the hope of Russian music, Steinberg is far less well known ...

. In 1908, she joined Gnessin and

Lazare Saminsky Lazare Saminsky, born Lazar Semyonovich Saminsky (russian: Лазарь (Элиэзер) Семенович Саминский; Valehotsulove (now Dolynske), near Odessa, 27 October 1882 O.S. / 8 November N.S. – Port Chester, New York, 30 Jun ...

as founding members of the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg. The Society was part of the Jewish art music movement. It promoted Jewish folk music through research, composition, performance, and publishing. Branches of the Society were established in several Russian cities, and it remained active through 1919.

Compositions

At least one of Streicher’s compositions, “A Simple Soviet Man,” was recorded commercially by pianist

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in 1937. Streicher’s compositions included:

Ballet

Noch Fialki

Chamber

''Armenian String Quartet'' ''Improvisation'' (cello and piano) ''Sonata'' (cello and piano) ''String Quartet'' ''Suite'' (string quartet) ''Suite on Folk Themes of the Peoples of the Soviet Union'' (string quartet)

Operetta

Chasi (for children; text by

Elizaveta Polonskaya Elizaveta Grigorevna Polonskaya ( rus, Елизаве́та Григо́рьевна Поло́нская, p=jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲɛtə pɐˈlonskəjə), born Movshenson (russian: Мовшенсо́н; – January 11, 1969), was a Russian Jewish poet, ...

)

Orchestra

Jewish Poem Zhenshchina Vostoka (chorus and orchestra; text by Elizaveta Polonskaya)

Piano

''Six Pieces'' ''Sonata'' ''Twelve Children’s Pieces on Folk Themes of the USSR''

Vocal

“A Simple Soviet Man” (with Sergey Germanov; lyrics by

Vasily Lebedev-Kumach Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach () Moscow, — 20 February 1949) was a Soviet poet and lyricist. Biography Vasily was born August 5, 1898 to a shoe maker. He went on to work in the printing department of the Revolutionary Military Counci ...

) “Klyatva” (text by Elizaveta Polonskaya) ''Romances'' (text by Fyodor Tyuchev and

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' in international and ...

) ''Seven Poems from

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is a novel in verse written by Ale ...

'' (text by

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

) “Shir Hashirim” “ Song of Songs” ''Ten Jewish Work Songs'' “Ya Lesom Shia”

References

External links

Hear “Shir Hashirim” by Lyubov Streicher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Streicher, Lyubov Russian women composers String quartet composers 1888 births 1958 deaths Jewish composers