Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg (Yuliya Rimskaya-Korsakova) (Julia Weissberg) (b. , d. March 1, 1942) was a music critic and composer.

Life and career

Yuliya Veysberg was born in Orenburg, Russian Empire. She studied at the Women's University, and in 1912 graduated from

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 composition under

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

. From 1912 to 1914 she continued her studies in Berlin with Engelbert Humperdinck and

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University ...

. She married

Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov Andrey Nikolayevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков, ''André Nikolájevich Rímskij-Kórsakov'', October 17, 1878 – May 23, 1940) was a musicologist and son of the Russian ...

, musicologist and son of

, and from 1915 to 1917 served on the editorial board of the first Russian music magazine, ''Muzïkal'nïy sovremennik'', which he founded. She died in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

during the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

conducted by

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

German troops.

Works

Veysberg's compositions included vocal works, a symphony, a

scherzo A scherzo (, , ; plural scherzos or scherzi), in western classical music, is a short composition – sometimes a movement from a larger work such as a symphony or a sonata. The precise definition has varied over the years, but scherzo often ref ...

, and a fantasia. Selected works include: *''At Night'' (symphonic poem for orchestra) *''Chinese songs'' *''Chanson d'automne: Les sanglots longs,'' op. 2 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 (Text: Paul Verlaine) *''Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit'', op. 2 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 (Text: Paul Verlaine) She also produced several

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

s, such as: *''Русалочка'' (''The Little Mermaid'', 1923). The

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

for the opera was written by

Sophia Parnok Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok (russian: София Яковлевна Парнок, yi, סאָפיאַ פארנוכ; 30 July 1885 O.S./11 August 1885 (N. S.) – 26 August 1933) was a Russian poet, journalist and translator. From the age of six, ...

and was based on the fairy tale of the same name by

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...

. *'Гюльнара'' (''Gyul'nara, 1935). The libretto for the opera was written by Sophia Parnok and was completed at the end of 1931. It was dedicated to the opera singer, Maria Maksakova. As Parnok died before production, Veysberg made final edits to the lyric before its debut in 1935. *''Гуси-лебеди'' (''Geese-Swans'', 1937). The libretto for the children's opera was written by

Samuil Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (russian: link=no, Самуил Яковлевич Маршак; 4 July 1964) was a Russian and Soviet writer of Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. ...

and Veysberg. *''Мертвая царевна'' (''The Dead Princess'', 1937). The libretto for the radio opera was written 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, ...

. *''Зайкин дом'' (''A Little Rabbit's House'', 1937). The libretto for the children's opera was written by W. Weltmann.

References

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