Vano Muradeli ( ka, ვანო მურადელი; russian: Вано Ильич Мурадели; in Gori – 14 August 1970, in

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), was a

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composer. He was born in Gori, Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia) to

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parents.Laurel E. Fay, ''Shostakovich and His World'' (Princeton University Press, 2004), 44. He graduated from

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in 1931; then studied with

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 ...

at the

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. From 1934 to 1938, he worked there. From 1942 to 1944, he served as a principal and artistic director of the Central Ensemble of the Soviet Navy. In 1946, he was awarded the

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. In 1948, his opera ''

The Great Friendship ''The Great Friendship'' ( Russian: ''Великая дружба'' Velikaya druzhba; also called ''The Extraordinary Commissar'') is a 1947 opera by Vano Muradeli, to a libretto by Georgi Mdivani. It was premiered in Donetsk (then known as Stalino ...

'' was censured by the resolution of the Communist Party Central Committee. After

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

's death, he was restored to favor and granted the title of the People's Artist of the USSR in 1968.

Works

Opera: *"The Great Friendship" (1947; premiere, Moscow, 7 November 1947) *"October" (1950; revised 1962; premiere, Moscow, 22 April 1964) Operetta: *"Moscow-Paris-Moscow" (1968) Orchestra: *Symphony No. 1 "To the Memory of Kirov" (1938; premiere Moscow, 28 November 1938) *Symphony No. 2 (1945; received Stalin Prize) *Georgian Dance Suite for symphony orchestra (1939) *Festive Overture for symphony orchestra (1940) *Symphonic poem, "The Path of Victory" for chorus and orchestra (1950) Vocal with orchestra: *Cantata: "Our Leader" (for the 60th birthday of Stalin, 1939) *Cantata: "Together for Ever" (1959) *Cantata: "Lenin is Among Us" (1960) *Song on the Youth of Stalin for solo-voice and orchestra (1940) *"Zdravitza" for mixed chorus and orchestra (1941) *March for mixed chorus and wind orchestra (1941)

References

External links

Page on van Rijen site
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