Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyrev ( be, Анатоль Васільевіч Багатыроў, russian: Анатолий Васильевич Богатырё́в; – 19 September 2003) was a

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and

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian composer and music teacher, seen as one of the leaders of the

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school of Belarusian music.

Biography

Bogatyrev was born in

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest c ...

, the son of a language teacher. He studied at the Vitebsk Music School, the Minsk School of Music, and the Conservatory of Belarus where he was taught composition by

Vasily Zolotarev Vasily Andreyevich Zolotarev, also romanized as Zolotaryov (russian: Василий Андреевич Золотарёв; February 24, 1872 in Taganrog – May 25, 1964 in Moscow), was a Russian (Soviet) composer and music teacher. Biography Vas ...

, a pupil of

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 ...

. He came to prominence while still in his twenties, being appointed chairman of the board of the Belarusian Union of Composers in 1938, and receiving the

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in 1941. In 1948 he began teaching composition at the National Conservatory,

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, where he later became a deputy director. He joined the

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in 1954, and was made a

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of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1968. Bogatyrev died on 19 September 2003 in

Music

Bogatyrev's music is tonal with marked nationalist tendencies. His study of Belarusian folklore strongly influenced his music, not just in his folksong arrangements, but also in his choice sometimes to adopt

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and the rhythms of Belarusian folk music. He has been described as "one of the founders and leading representatives of the Belarusian school…Whether vocal or instrumental, his works are arresting for the richness of their melodies and for their polyphonic textures."

Selected works

Stage

* ''In the Forests of Polesie'', opera (28 August 1939, Minsk). After

Yakub Kolas Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, be, Яку́б Ко́лас, – August 13, 1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, ) was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet a ...

' "The Swamp". * Incidental music to Romashov's ''The Undimmed Stars'' (1941). * ''Nadezhda Durova'', opera (22 December 1956, Minsk). * Incidental music to

Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

's '' Masquerade''.

Vocal and choral

* ''Poem on the Tale of a Bear'', for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra (1937). After

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, ...

's "Tale of the Female Bear". * ''The People of Leningrad'', cantata (1941). * ''To the Belarusian Partisans'', cantata (1943). * ''Belarus'', cantata (1949). * ''Belarusian Songs'', cantata (1967). Words: traditional and by Nil Hilevich.

Orchestral

* Symphony no. 1 (1946). * Symphony no. 2 (1947). * Concerto for Cello (1962). * Concerto for Double Bass (1964).

Chamber music

* Trio for violin, cello and piano (1935). * String Quartet (1941). * Variations and Suite on Byron's ''

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'', for piano. * Cello Sonata (published 1971).Cello sonata publication: (listed under Bahatyrou, an alternate spelling for Bogatyrev; se
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