The musical art of Belarus was formed on the basis of the national musical culture. And now it continues to develop in line with the preservation of national music, classical tradition, as well as popular styles and trends in the world.
A brief excursion into the history of Belarusian music
In Kievan Rus, and later in Belarus, it was very developed church liturgical music. In the XV century. a local type is formed famous chant"(the main type of ancient Russian liturgical singing. Its name comes from the neumenal signs (banners) used to record it. By the 17th century, it develops partes singing in Orthodox church music. Partes singing- a type of Western Russian polyphonic vocal music, which became widespread in Orthodox worship in the 17th century. and the first half of the 18th century. The number of voices - from 3 to 12, can reach 48. Belarusian musical monuments of that era - collections of works "Polotsk Notebook" and "Chimes".
Among the Belarusian folk instruments, the duda, zhaleika, beep, lyre, violin and cymbals are most widely used.
zhaleika- a wind reed musical instrument, beloved by the Slavic peoples, it has survived to this day in its original form - a wooden, reed or cattail tube with a bell made of horn or birch bark . cattail- high swamp grasses. Zhaleyka Also known as "zhalomeyka", "snot", "squeaker", "fletnya", "duda", etc.
V. Tropinin "Boy with a pity"
Cymbals- a stringed percussion musical instrument, which is a trapezoidal deck with stretched strings. The sound is produced by striking two wooden sticks or mallets with expanding blades at the ends.
Cymbals
Secular music of the Baroque era was originally played in large noble estates, and from the 17th century. began to develop in Belarusian cities. In the XVII-XVIII centuries. private theaters and chapels of the Polish-Lithuanian magnates Radziwill, Sapieha, Oginsky and others became centers of secular Belarusian musical culture. Among the famous composers of that time are Holland, Vanzhura and others.
The heyday of Belarusian culture and music begins at the end of the 19th century: Belarusian music schools, folk conservatories, theaters are opened. In the second half of the XX century. a new wave of flowering of Belarusian culture and music begins: the works of the famous pianist and composer of the 19th century. A.I. Abramovich are based on Belarusian melodies.
In 1927, the State Symphony Orchestra of the BSSR was founded, in 1930 - the State Folk Orchestra of the BSSR, in 1933. - The Belarusian Opera and Ballet Studio, in 1932 - the Belarusian Conservatory, in 1937 - the Belarusian Philharmonic, in 1938 - the Union of Composers of the BSSR. In 1940, the Belarusian Song and Dance Ensemble was organized under the leadership of G.R. Screens.
The leading musical groups in Belarus at present are the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, the National Orchestra of Symphonic and Variety Music conducted by M. Finberg, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Choir named after. G. Shirma, National Academic Folk Choir of the Republic of Belarus. G.I. Tsitovich. Of course, it is impossible not to recall such musical groups as the Pure Voice vocal group, the Pesnyary vocal and instrumental ensemble, the Syabry vocal and instrumental ensemble and other popular musical groups, but our article is devoted to classical music, so we we will not develop it.
More than 30 international, republican and regional music festivals are held annually in Belarus: "Belarusian Musical Autumn", "Minsk Spring", the International Music Festival "Golden Hit", a jazz festival, chamber music festivals "Muses of Nesvizh", a festival of ancient and modern music in Polotsk and others. The most famous Belarusian music festival is the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk".
Napoleon Orda (1807-1883)
Belarusian writer and composer, musician, artist, teacher.
Born in the family estate of Vorotsevichi, Pinsk district, Minsk province (now Ivanovo district, Brest region).
He graduated from school in Svisloch, then entered Vilna University, where he studied mathematics. For participation in the activities of the illegal student society "Zoryane" he was arrested. After the suppression of the Polish uprising, in which he participated, in 1833 he moved to Paris. There he made friends with Adam Mickiewicz, Frederic Chopin. He took composition and piano lessons from him and from Franz Liszt. He also took drawing lessons in the studio of F. Gerard. Traveling in France, Austria, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal, North Africa, he painted landscapes, mainly city views.
Napoleon Orda died in Warsaw. According to the will, he was buried in Yanov (now Ivanovo, Brest region) in the family crypt.
Stanislav Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Belarusian and Polish composer, author of songs, operettas, ballets, operas; creator of the Belarusian and Polish national opera, a classic of vocal lyrics.
Born in the Minsk province. His father, Cheslav Moniuszko, captain of the Lithuanian cavalry regiment, ended his military career as an adjutant at the headquarters of Marshal Murat and settled here after Napoleon's Russian campaign.
Music Stanislav Moniuszko studied with his mother. Later he improved his skills in playing the organ in Warsaw, composition in Minsk, and choral conducting in Berlin. Served as organist.
In the early period of creativity he wrote vaudeville, musical comedies, comic operas. Author of orchestral compositions (fantastic overture "Fairy Tale" dedicated to Dargomyzhsky (1848); overtures "Cain" (1856), "Military" (1857) and others).
He wrote more than 15 operas, the opera "Pebbles" is the most famous. The premiere of the opera Rural Idyll (libretto by V. Dunin-Martsinkevich) took place at the Minsk City Theater in February 1852.
Nikolai Ilyich Aladov (1890-1972)
Belarusian Soviet composer, teacher. In 1910 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory as an external student. He taught at the State Institute of Musical Culture in Moscow.
In Minsk he was one of the organizers of the Belarusian Conservatory, in 1944-1948. was its rector, professor.
During the war years (1941-1944) he taught at the Saratov Conservatory.
N.I. Aladov is one of the founders of the symphonic, chamber-instrumental and chamber-vocal, cantata, choral genres of Belarusian music.
He is the author of the opera Andrei Kostenya (1947), the comic opera Taras on Parnassus (1927), the cantatas Over the Oressa River, etc., ten symphonies and other works. Created vocal cycles based on poems by Belarusian poets Y. Kupala, M. A. Bogdanovich, M. Tank.
Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky (1893-1970)
Soviet Belarusian composer.
E. K. Tikotsky was born in St. Petersburg in a family with Polish roots.
His musical education was limited to two years of private lessons in piano and music theory, and he taught himself composition. He began composing at the age of 14, consulting a friend who studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. At his father's insistence, Tikotsky entered Petrograd University in 1914, where he studied physics and mathematics.
In 1915 he went to the front. After finishing his service, he moved to Bobruisk, where he taught at a music school. By this time, his first contacts with Belarusian folk music, which influenced his compositions, date back. The first major composition is a symphony written using Belarusian folk and revolutionary themes, it became one of the first works in this genre in the history of Belarusian music. Then there were a number of theatrical productions in Minsk, where the composer also moved after some time. Here Tikotsky worked on the radio and was engaged in teaching. In 1939 he wrote one of his most famous works - the opera "Mikhas Podgorny" (one of the first Belarusian operas in history). Another well-known patriotic opera by Tikotsky is Alesya, which was staged in 1944, after the liberation of Minsk from the fascist invaders.
Tikotsky is one of the founders of the Belarusian school of composers. His compositions, created in a classical and romantic manner, are filled with folk motifs. He played an important role in the development of the Belarusian musical culture of the 20th century. In addition to these two operas, he also created the opera Anna Gromova, the operetta The Kitchen of Sanctity, 6 symphonies, a piano trio, a sonata-symphony for piano and other works.
Isaac Isaakovich Luban (1906-1975)
Born in the Mogilev province. He graduated from the Music College in Minsk, composition class. He worked as the artistic director of the Belarusian Radio, in 1937-1941. - Artistic Director of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Belarusian Philharmonic. Member of the Great Patriotic War. Since 1945 lived in Moscow.
He is the author of the suite "The Border in Songs" (lyrics by P. Brovka, P. Glebka, I. Shapovalov), pieces for cymbals and bayan, songs for the choir, soloists and vocal ensembles, music for drama performances and films (including film The Clock Stopped at Midnight, 1958).
Anatoly Vasilievich Bogatyrev (1913-2003)
Belarusian Soviet composer and teacher, founder of the Belarusian national school of composers, professor.
Born in Vitebsk, graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory named after A. V. Lunacharsky in 1937. Since 1948 he taught at the Belarusian Academy of Music.
A.V. Bogatyrev is the author of two operas: In the Forests of Polesie (based on the novel by Y. Kolas "Drygva", staged in 1939) and Nadezhda Durova, which was staged in 1946 by the Soviet Opera Ensemble of the All-Russian Theater Society.
Pyotr Petrovich Podkovyrov (1910-1977)
Soviet Belarusian composer. He graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory in composition, where he taught for many years.
Author of the opera "Pavel Korchagin" (based on the novel "How the Steel Was Tempered" by N. Ostrovsky), the cantata "The Pioneer Bonfire of the World" for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra (lyrics by E. Fireflower, 1951), the cantata "The Ballad of the Four Hostages" (lyrics A. Kuleshova, 1954), 3 symphonies, numerous works for piano, oboe, flute, clarinet. He wrote music for dramatic performances, made adaptations of Belarusian folk songs.
Lev Moiseevich Abeliovich (1912-1985)
Belarusian Soviet composer. He studied with famous composers V. A. Zolotarev and N. Ya. Myaskovsky.
He created 4 symphonies, a concerto for piano and orchestra, a piano cycle "Frescoes", vocals in memory of D. Shostakovich. He is the author of vocal cycles, choirs, songs, romances, music for radio performances. He wrote music to poems by Belarusian poets Y. Kolas, M. Tank, A. Mitskevich, M. Bogdanovich.
Heinrich Matusovich Wagner (1922-2000)
Born in Poland. From 1939 he lived in Minsk. Graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory. A. V. Lunacharsky (now the Belarusian State Academy of Music) in piano and composition. He worked as an accompanist of the Belarusian Radio, a teacher at the Department of Musical Education at the Minsk Pedagogical Institute.
He created the vocal-symphonic poems "Forever Alive" (1959) and "To the Heroes of Brest" (1975).
He wrote 3 symphonies, concertos with orchestra: for piano (1964, 1977, 1981), for cello (1975), for harpsichord (1982), for violin (1985) and for cymbals with folk instruments orchestra (1985).
Kim Dmitrievich Tesakov (b. 1936)
He graduated from the Gomel Musical College and the Novosibirsk Conservatory (class of composition). In 1966-1968. taught at the Belarusian Conservatory and the Musical College in Minsk. In 1969-1971. was the head of the editorial office of musical literature of the publishing house "Belarus". Since 1972 - a teacher at the secondary specialized music school at the Belarusian Conservatory.
The music of K. Tesakov is characterized by scale, figurative and dramatic generalization, and philosophical depth. He relies in his work on folk song traditions. He is the developer of the original genre of the radio opera (“Crimson Dawn” based on the novels by I. Melezh “People in the Swamp” and “Breath of Thunderstorm”, 1978); Wormwood is a bitter herb based on the novel by A. Osipenko Zhito, 1987).
K. Tesakov is the author of 3 oratorios, 2 cantatas, 2 symphonies, concertos for cymbals and orchestra, works for violin, cello and piano, for clarinet and piano, for oboe and piano, for trumpet and piano, as well as works for choir, cycles romances to the verses of G. Vyatkin, music for 7 dramatic performances, music for films.
Dmitry Bronislavovich Smolsky (b. 1937)
Soviet and Belarusian composer, music teacher.
Born in Minsk in the family of Belarusian musician Bronislav Smolsky. Has been writing music since the age of 12. He graduated from the Belarusian Conservatory in the composition class of A. V. Bogatyryov, where he also completed postgraduate studies. He taught at the Musical College in Mogilev, at the Belarusian Conservatory.
Author of the operas The Gray Legend (1978), Francysk Skaryna (1980), oratorios for the reader, soloists, choir and symphony orchestra My Motherland (1970), 4 symphonies, concertos for pianoforte, cymbals and chamber orchestra, numerous songs , music for performances and films.
Viktor Nikolaevich Kopytko (b. 1956)
Composer and musical figure. A versatile musician, author of operas, symphonic, chamber and choral compositions, music for theater and cinema. A feature of V. Kopytko's work is the synthesis of linguistic principles and compositional techniques from different eras, their generalization in his own individual author's style. His music is heard in concerts and at music festivals around the world.
Born in Minsk in a family of musicians (mother is a professional pianist, father is an amateur). He studied at the eleven-year secondary special music school at the Belarusian State Conservatory, and then at the Leningrad Conservatory. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
The main works of V.N. Kopytko: operas "The Girl Who Stepped on Bread" (opera-parable after G.Kh. Andersen. Libretto by Y. Borisov and V. Kopytko with the participation of V. Kotova (1980-81). Benjamin Britten;
“His Wives” (opera-burlesque based on Antosha Chekhonte and other motives. Libretto by Yu. His Wives"). Dedication: "To my son Daniel" .
Compositions for orchestra: Little Symphony for 15 players in 5 movements (1985), Playing Chekhov, suite for small symphony orchestra in 5 movements (1987), Adagio for Adolf, piece for chamber orchestra (1989), Three Intermezzos for chamber orchestra or instrumental ensemble (1994, 2002), Promenade, piece for string orchestra with flute solo (2010), Lento per Leni for string orchestra (2010-2011).
In addition, he wrote a huge number of piano pieces, for solo voices and chamber orchestra, chamber instrumental music, chamber vocal music, works for the choir, music for films, cartoons, drama and puppet shows and much more.
Evgeny Alexandrovich Glebov (1929-2000)
Soviet Belarusian composer. From a family of priests. Born in the Smolensk region. From a young age, he was attracted to music. He independently learned to play the mandolin, guitar, balalaika and already in his youth began to compose various musical works (songs, romances, plays). But by profession he was far from music. While studying at the Roslavl Railway College, he led the student choir and orchestra. While working in Mogilev, he made friends with students of the Mogilev Musical College and began to study the basics of music. He tried to enter a music school, but the director, having learned that Glebov did not know music and had never come across a musical literacy, refused due to unsuitability. But, being persistent, he entered the conservatory in Minsk. He studied successfully, although it was difficult for him, including financially.After graduating from the conservatory in 1956, Evgeny Glebov became a teacher of theoretical disciplines at the Minsk Musical College, combining pedagogical and creative activities with the work of the head of the musical department and conductor at the Theater for Young Spectators. Since 1971, he taught a composition class at the Belarusian State Conservatory. Evgeny Glebov trained more than 40 students. His famous students are Leonid Zakhlevny, Yadviga Poplavskaya, Vasily Rainchik, Eduard Khanok, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Vladimir Kondrusevich, Dmitry Dolgalev.
E. Glebov worked in various genres, but his symphonic compositions and ballets are best known. The composer's style was formed under the influence of D. D. Shostakovich and, to some extent, the early I. F. Stravinsky. His works are distinguished by deep polyphony, thematic development, and original orchestration. Glebov's opera The Master and Margarita is considered a classic of Belarusian musical literature.
Konstantin Evgenievich Yaskov (b. 1981)
Born in the city of Vetka, Gomel region. Belarusian composer, teacher of musical disciplines at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts and the Institute of Modern Knowledge. Previously, he taught at the composition department of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Organizer of the International Festival of Contemporary Academic Music "Dialogues", one of the founders and chairman of the Association of Young Belarusian Composers.
He received his musical education in piano and composition at the Grodno Musical College.
Author of orchestral works by Prophet, music for 19 strings and viola to Mikhas Bashlakov's poem "Lily on Dark Water" (2006); "Adagio" for symphony orchestra (2007); "Lulla.by" for string orchestra (2010); "Dreams of Zamkavay Gara" for orchestra and cymbals. Author of chamber, choral, vocal works, as well as scientific publications.
It is impossible not to mention in this article such well-known Belarusian composers as Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok, Vladimir Georgievich Mulyavin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Olovnikov, Eduard Semyonovich Khanok, who worked in various musical genres, but mainly and most fruitfully - in song.
The folk musical art of Belarus comes into contact with the folk music of the Russian and Ukrainian people, the Western and Southern Slavs, a significant group of old songs is associated with calendar rites that existed among the agricultural peoples. Carols, schedrovkas, stoneflies, drag, Yuryev, Trinity, Kupala, stubble, Kosar, autumn songs are widespread. The songs of the family ritual cycle are diverse: wedding, christening, lullabies, lamentations. Round dance, game, dance and comic songs are widely represented. Lyrical songs are divided into genre-thematic groups: love, ballad, Cossack, recruit, soldier, Chumat, songs of peasant freemen. The Russian revolutionary workers' song of the early 20th century played an important role in the development of Belarusian musical folklore. She influenced the melody of the Belarusian folk song. Some folk songs were created to the words of Belarusian poets (M. Bogdanovich, Ya. Kupala, Ya. Kolas, K. Buylo). Under Soviet rule, new folk songs appeared, developing the traditions of pre-revolutionary songs and drawing content from modern life. Many songs were created by amateur composers and folk choirs (choirs from the villages of Bolshoye Podlesye, Ozershchina, Prisynki, and others). Ancient Belarusian folk songs are basically monophonic. They are characterized by wave-like melody of a compressed range with gradual movement and jumps, developed ornamentation, flexibility of rhythm, and a variety of performing techniques. The most characteristic are even sizes, various metrics. There are complex and sour beats. Polyphony in the folk song of Belarus began to develop in the 80s. 19th century The main melody is performed in the lower voice, and in the upper one (the so-called "eyeliner") - solo improvisation. There are 3-voice consonances. Songs in everyday life are performed without accompaniment, with the exception of comic and ditties, which are sung to the accompaniment of the harmonica (bayan). A number of Belarusian folk songs are used in the works of Russian and Polish classical composers: in Chopin's Grand Fantasy, Glazunov's First Symphony, the operas The Snow Maiden and Mlada by Rimsky-Korsakov, Lithuanian Rhapsody, Three Symphonic Songs by Karlovich, operas Monyushko (a native of Belarus) and others.
Belarusian composers.
U. G. Mulyavin (1941-2003)
Naradzіўsya ў mountains. Svyardlowsku (1941), pamer - 2003, Minsk.
Graduated from the Svyardlovsky musical school in the guitar class (1952).
People's Artist of Belarus (1979).
Honored dzeyach culture of the Republic of Poland (1991).
Member of the SC of Belarus (1986).
Asnounyya creations: the opera-prytcha "The Song of the Great Share", the musical performance "To the fullest voice", the vacal cycle "I am not a paeta", the song-instrumental campaign "Vanka - Vstanka", "Feast of All the War", "Vyanok Bagdanovich", songs, early Belarusian folk songs, music and dramatic performances, films.
U. U. Alounika(1919-1996) Naradzіўsya ў mountains. Babruisk (1919).
Graduated from the Belarusian dzyarzha canservatory under the class of the campus of Professor V. A. Zalatarov (1941).
Artists of Belarus deserved (1955).
Deserved dzeyach mastatstvaў Belarus (1957).
People's Artist of Belarus (1970).
Prafesar (1980).
Member of the SC of Belarus (1940).
Pamer near Minsk (1996).
Uladzimir Aloўnіkaў adnositstsa and pleiades of campazitars, yakіya sang masterful ablіchcha of Belarusian songs and singsong periods. The creatives of the campazitara are blessed with zmyastoўnasts, the actuality of the topic. In the works of adchuvayutstsa mighty traditions of the Russian kampazitar school, yakiya U. Aloўnіkaў upprynyaў svaygo tutor V. A. Zalatarov - the school of M. A. Rymskag-Korsakava and M. A. Balakirava. At that hour U. Aloўnіkaў - a lump of national master. Iago music, shchyraya and soulful, strymanaya and strict, masculine and ancestral, atrymala vodguk at the ear, uvayshla ў repertoire of ancestral and samadzean kalektyvs.
Yaўgen Paplavsky
On the 20th of February 1959, Yauhen Paplauska was born to the butcher of Porazava, Grodzenskaya Oblast. Graduated from the Belarusian Canservatory (Belarusian Academy of Music) in the class of Igar Luchanka and Dzmitry Smolskag in 1986. Syargey Slanimsk’s student of the Syargei Slanimsk and the St. Petsyarburg Canservatory and tam-sama braў udzel at the maystar-classes of Ton de Leyuva.
In 1991, in 1991, the organizers of the Minsk International Festival of Contemporary Chamber Music, like the right two skin bastards, and 1995.
3 1997 and 1999 with a scholarship from the Polish Urad, on the pasture of the Gdansk Academy of Music named after St. Manyushki over creations for the symphonic orchestra "Barbara Radzivil" and Electro-Acoustic Music Studios of the Academy of Music in Krakava over the cool creative projects. Udzelnіchaў at the summer courses Acanthe 2000 / Ircam.
Tikotsky Evgeny Karlovich
Biography:
Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky (1893-1970)
Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky was born on December 26, 1893 in St. Petersburg. He showed his talent for music very early. However, after graduating from a real school in 1911, at the insistence of his father, he entered the natural department of the psycho-neurological institute in St. Petersburg, having negotiated for himself the right to study at the same time in a music school. The first acquaintance with the musical-theoretical foundations, as well as a sincere friendship with the composer V. Deshevov, made E. Tikotsky desire to compose. He begins to write small pieces for the piano, tries to harmonize Russian folk songs, and has been working on his youthful symphony for more than a year. In February 1915, E. Tikotsky was drafted into the army, and he went to the front. In the summer of 1919, he joins the Red Army, in the fall, as part of the Eighth Division, he takes part in the liberation of Belarus from the White Poles.
Churkin Nikolay Nikolaevich
Biography:
Nikolai Nikolaevich Churkin (1869-1964)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Churkin, who devoted eight decades to serving music, was born on May 22, 1869, in the small town of Jalal-Ogly in the south of the Tiflis province (now the city of Stepanovan, Armenian SSR). In 1881, he was admitted to the Tiflis Military Paramedic School. At the school there was a brass band, a choir, a drawing class, which fascinated the boy much more than a future medical career. And when N. Churkin graduated from school in 1885, he was left as an educator and leader of the school brass band. In 1888, N. Churkin entered the composition class of M. Ippolitov-Ivanov at the Tiflis Musical College.
Zaritsky Eduard Borisovich
Composer.
In 1964 he graduated from the Minsk Musical Academy. school, in 1970 - Belarus. cons. according to class compositions by A. V. Bogatyrev.
Since 1970 he has been working in Belorus. philharmonic society (consultant conductor). Works: cantata (for soprano, choir and orchestra) - Red Square (words by B. Shtormov, 1970); for orc. - Symphony (1969), Variations (1968); for oboe with orc. - concert (1970); for fp. - 6 preludes (1965), Variations (1967), Fugue on two themes (1968); for hlc. and f-p. - sonata (1968); for flute and piano - Rondo (1966); for cymbals and piano - concertino (1971); for voice and piano - wok. cycles on next A. Vertinsky (1971), on the lyrics. L. Hughes (1967); arr. Belarusian nar. songs.
Luchenok Igor Mikhailovich
Year of birth: 1938
Biography:
Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok (b. 1937)
Graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory in the composition class of Professor A.V. Bogatyrev (1961), assistant trainee at the Leningrad Conservatory. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov under the guidance of Professor V.N. Salmanov (1965), graduate school of the Belarusian State Conservatory under the guidance of Professor T.N. Khrennikov. Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the BSSR (1969), laureate of the All-Union Lenin Komsomol Prize (1972), Honored Artist of the BSSR (1973), laureate of the State Prize of the BSSR (1976). People's Artist of the BSSR (1982). People's Artist of the USSR (1987).
Dzmitry Branіslavavіch SMOLSKІ
Naradzіўsya ў mountains. Minsk (1937)
Graduated from the Belarusian Jarzhan Canservatory in the class of the campus of Professor A.V. Bagatyrov (1960), postgraduate studies under the patronage of Profesar Maskoskaya Canservatory M.I. Pyaiko (1967).
Laureate of the Lenin Prize of the Kamsamol of Belarus (1972).
Deserved dzeyach mastatstvaў Belarus (1975).
Laureate of the Dzyarzhan Prize of Belarus (1980).
Prafesar (1986).
People's Artist of Belarus (1987).
Member of the SC of Belarus (1961).
Nar. music the lawsuit in Belarus is in contact with the people. Russian music. and Ukrainian people, app. and south. Slavs. Means. a group of old songs is associated with calendar rites that existed among farmers. peoples. Carols, schedrovkas, stoneflies, drag, Yuryev, Trinity, Kupala, stubble, Kosar, autumn songs are widespread. The songs of the family ritual cycle are diverse: wedding, christening, lullabies, lamentations. Round dance, game, dance and comic songs are widely represented. Lyric. songs are divided into genre-thematic groups: love, ballad, Cossack, recruit, soldier, Chumat, songs of peasant freemen. In the development of Belarusian. music Russian folklore played a big role. revolutionary work song 20th century She influenced Belarusian melodics. nar. songs. Some Nar. songs created on the next Belarusian poets (M. Bogdanovich, Ya. Kupala, Ya. Kolas, K. Buylo). At the Sov. power appeared new bunks. songs that develop pre-revolutionary traditions. songs and drawing content from modern. life. Mn. songs created by amateur composers and nar. choir. collectives (choirs of the villages of Bolshoe Podlesye, Ozershchina, Prisynki, etc.). Ancient Nar. Belarusian the songs are basically monophonic, often performed in a heterophonic manner. They are characterized by a wave-like melody of a compressed range with stepwise movement and jumps by a fourth or a fifth, developed ornamentation, rhythmic flexibility, and a variety of performing techniques. The songs are diatonic. The texts are characterized by syllabicity (when singing, there are interstitial vowels that form artificial syllables). The most characteristic are even sizes, various metrics. There are complex and sour beats. Polyphony in folk. song of Belarus began to develop in the 80s. 19th century Main the melody is performed in the lower voice, and in the upper (so-called "eyeliner") - solo improvisation. There are 3-voice consonances. Songs in everyday life are performed without accompaniment, with the exception of comic and ditties, which are sung to the accompaniment of the harmonica (bayan). A number of Belarusian folk songs are used in the works of Russian and Polish classical composers: in Chopin's Grand Fantasy, Glazunov's First Symphony, the operas The Snow Maiden and Mlada by Rimsky-Korsakov, Lithuanian Rhapsody, Three Symphonic Songs by Karlovich, operas Monyushko (a native of Belarus) and others.
Belarusian folk song "You, red viburnum"
Belarusian. nar. dance melodies are, as a rule, 2-meter long and are performed at a fast pace. The melody develops through sequences, there are syncopations. For the most part, the dances reflect labor processes ("Lenok", "Bulba"), the relationship of man to the environment ("Blizzard"), a significant place is occupied by plot dances ("Yurochka", "Lyavonikha", "Polka-Yanka").
Among Belarusians. nar. Instruments most common cymbals. In Nar. In everyday life, their sound range does not exceed 1.5 octaves; there is no established scale. Modern reconstructed cymbals - three-octave, chromatic - form the basis of the Belarusian orchestra. nar. tools. Bayans, harmonicas, and the violin are also common; from drums - a tambourine and a small drum; wind - a pipe and a pity. Popular people. instr. ensembles consisting of cymbals, harmonica, tambourine or violin; harmonica, tambourine or violin. These compositions are often joined by a fife and a clarinet. Traditional instrument in Nar. ensembles was nar. cello-basetl, present. time almost disappeared from performing practice. Already from con. 19th century the duda (bagpipe) and lira (lera), which were also exceptionally popular in the past, are also gradually falling out of use.
In the 17th century spiritual cants appear in Belarus. One of the cants, created by a Belarusian. educator Afanasy Filippovich and placed in his "Diariush" (1645-46), was the first example of Belarusian musical notation. melodies (Kyiv notation on a five-line stave). The first published musical sample Belarusian. nar. songs - "Kupala on Ivan" ("Vilna Bulletin", 1817). Song tunes were published in magazines and newspapers, in musical appendices to ethnographic. work and Sat. song texts (P. V. Shein, E. R. Romanov, I. A. Serbov, N. A. Yanchuk, etc.), came out otd. small sat. (Z. Radchenko, I. G. Bychko-Mashko). Wide systematic. work on collecting and studying Belarusian. music folklore began only after the Great Oct. socialist. revolution.
From con. 16th century school has been developing in Belarus, since the 18th century. - a serf tr, in the performances of which the choir was included. music, songs, dances, instr. tunes. From the 40s. 19th century music is activated. the life of Minsk, Vitebsk, Grodno (main arr. concerts of guest performers and local amateurs, performances by visiting theater troupes). In 1852, a comedy was staged in Minsk. Opera "The Peasant Woman" by Moniuszko in libre. V. I. Dunin-Martsinkevich. Operetta M. Ya. Kimont "Zalyoty" ("Matchmaking") based on one. Comedy Dunin-Martsinkevich was shown Belorus. music-drama. circle in Vilnius (1915). A great place was given to music in the performances of the First Belarusian. troupes of I. T. Buynitsky (beginning of the 20th century; songs and dances for interludes were selected and processed by the Polish composer L. Rogovsky, the Lithuanian composer S. Shimkus).
Great Oct. socialist. revolution and the formation of the BSSR (1919) marked the beginning of the flowering of the nat. music lawsuit. In 1918-19, bunks were opened in Vitebsk, Minsk, Mogilev, Gomel, and Bobruisk. conservatories, later transformed into muses. technical schools. Muses. schools are created in different cities of Belarus. Belarus acquired special significance. music technical school in Minsk (1924), on the basis of the opera and ballet classes to-rogo in 1930 the State. studio of opera and ballet, and in 1933 - Belorus. tr opera and ballet; symp. the orchestra of the technical school became the basis of the symphony. Orchestra Belarus. radio (1928), Belarusian ensemble. nar. instruments - orchestra nar. philharmonic instruments (1937). Belorus opens in 1932. conservatory, in 1937 Belorus. Philharmonic, which united the symphony. orchestra, orchestra instruments, Belarusian Ensemble. songs and dances, choir. chapel, instr. and wok. ensembles, group of soloists. In 1940 Belorus was organized. song and dance ensemble G. R. Shirma, transformed in 1955 into the State. choir. chapel. Composers of Belarus in 1938 united in the Union of Composers (in 1932-38 there was a section of composers under the Union of Writers of the BSSR, then the Belarusian branch of the CK of the USSR). During the years of fascist occupation, artists Belorus. Opera and ballet teams combined participation in front-line brigades with performances in performances by the teams of the fraternal republics; in the 1943-44 season, the team of the t-ra worked in Gorky and Kovrov, and in the fall of 1944 resumed activities in the liberated Minsk. Belarusian. the song and dance ensemble toured the country.
After the end of the Great Fatherland. of the war of 1941-45 in Belarus, the activity of all muses is restored. collectives and institutions are formed by the State. nar. chorus of the BSSR (1952, artistic director G. I. Tsitovich), State. Dance Ensemble of the BSSR (1959, artistic director S.V. Drechin), choir (1946) and concert-variety orchestra Belorus. Radio and Television (1958), Minsk Chamber Orchestra (1968), Nar. opera studios, symphony and Nar. orchestras, instr. ensembles.
By the 20s. refers to the beginning of the Belarusian. composers who laid the foundations of prof. music schools. Among the works of H. H. Churkin, the symphonietta (1925) is of particular importance - the first Belarusian. symp. work; the composer also created the opera The Emancipation of Labor (1922, post. 1924), songs and romances on the lyrics. Ya. Kupala and Ya. Kolas. N. I. Aladov performed with piano. quintet (1925), cycles of romances (to lyrics by Y. Kupala and M. Bogdanovich, 1923), comic. the opera Taras on Parnassus, the cantata Ten Years (both 1927). E. K. Tikotsky wrote the 1st symphony (1929). Mass songs were created during these years by A. E. Turenkov, G. K. Pukst, I. I. Lyuban.
In the 30s. productions are created. dec. genres: music comedies "The Kitchen of Holiness" by Tikotsky (1931), "Koksagyz" by Churkin (1939), cantatas "Over the Oresa River" by Aladov (1933), "The Tale of the Bear" by A. V. Bogatyrev (1937, lyrics by A. S. Pushkin) , the 1st symphony of Pukst (1934), the symphonies "Chelyuskintsy" (1935) and "Belarus" (1936) who worked in Minsk Rus. composer V. A. Zolotarev, Turenkov's "Belarusian Suite" (1933), Aladov's symphonyette (1936), instr. concertos by E. K. Tikotsky (for trombone), A. K. Klumov (for piano), G. Stolov (for violin), piano. and violin pieces by Klumov. S. V. Polonsky, V. A. Efimov, n. F. Sokolovsky, I. I. Lyuban - the author of the popular song "Be Healthy".
Performances on stage Belorus. teacher of opera and ballet operas "Mikhas Podgorny" by Tikotsky (1939), "In the forests of Polesye" by Bogatyryov (1939), "The Flower of Happiness" by Turenkov (1940), the first Belarusian. ballet "The Nightingale" by M. E. Kroshner (1939) marked the beginning of the national. music theater. All these performances were shown in Moscow during the 1st Decade of Belarusians. claims and literature (1940).
During the years of the Great Fatherland. wars of 1941-45 ch. theme of Belarusian creativity. composers becomes heroic. owl fight. people against fascism. invaders, in particular, the guerrilla movement that assumed grandiose proportions. In addition to numerous songs (N. I. Aladov, A. V. Bogatyrev, A. K. Klumov, I. I. Lyuban, S. V. Polonsky, G. K. Pukst, N. F. Sokolovsky, E. K. Tikotsky, M. E. Shneiderman and others), the cantatas "Leningraders" (1942) and "Belarusian Partisans" (1943) by Bogatyryov, the symphony-ballad "In Harsh Days" by Aladov (1942), the opera "Ales" by Tikotsky (1944) are devoted to this topic , Belarusian Opera and Ballet Company). Echoes of the war are heard in the symphony. and chamber instruments. prod. without an announced program (Pukst's 2nd symphony, 2nd edition, 1943; pianoforte trio Bogatyrev, 1943; Aladov's 2nd quartet, 1943). A. K. Klumov created a satire. comedy "The Adventures of Fritz" (1944).
Belarusian. opera in the 1950s closely connected with the heroic-patriotic. topic. Created and performed on the stage of Belorus. t-ra of opera and ballet the first Belarusian. historical the opera "Kastus Kalinovsky" by D. A. Lucas (1947), the operas "The Girl from Polesye" by Tikotsky (1953, based on the opera "Alesya"), "Nadezhda Durova" by Bogatyryov (1956), dedicated to. Fatherland. war of 1812, Turenkov's "Clear Dawn" (1958) about the struggle of the people for the reunification of Belarus in 1939, the first Belarusian. opera for children "Marinka" Puksta (1955). In 1949, the premiere of the ballet "Prince-Lake" by Zolotarev took place, based on a Belarusian. nar. legends. In 1958, GM Wagner's lyric-comedy ballet The Fake Bride was staged.
In wok.-symp. and symphony. Belarusian genres. music reflects major events in the history of the people and its modern. life: cantatas "Belarus" Bogatyryov (1949), "Forty Years" Aladov (1956), "Steppe Fields" Kuznetsov (1958), "In Memory of Konstantin Zaslonov" Semenyako (1958), vocal-symphony. poem "Forever Alive" by Wagner (1959), symphony. the poem "Partisan Story" by Olovnikov (1952, 3rd edition 1960) and others. music genres of symphony (N. I. Aladov, A. V. Bogatyrev, P. P. Podkovyrov, G. K. Pukst, E. K. Tikotsky, from the end of the 50s also E. A. Glebov, V . I. Cherednichenko) and instr. concerto (D. R. Kaminsky, P. P. Podkovyrov, E. M. Tyrmand). D. R. Kaminsky, along with the piano, violin and cello, was the first to use cymbals as a solo instrument; his experience was then developed by E. G. Degtyarik, E. A. Glebov, D. B. Smolsky and others. Belarusian chamber-instr. music - fp. quintet of P. P. Podkovyrov, piano. trio by L. M. Abeliovich, sonatas by A. V. Bogatyrev for piano, violin and cello, etc.; chamber wok. music is represented by the cycles of A. V. Abeliovich (to lyrics by M. Bogdanovich, F. I. Tyutchev, R. Burns), A. V. Bogatyrev (to lyrics by Ya. Kupala, A. Kuleshov and W. Shakespeare), D A. Lukas (to lyrics by L. Ukrainka), G. K. Pukst (to words by A. Zvonak) and others. Yu. V. Semenyako (“Oh, the green forests are rustling”, etc.), P. P. Podkovyrov (“Zubryonok”, etc.), D. A. Lukas (“The clear sun has risen”, etc.). The music of the anthem of the BSSR was written by N. P. Sokolovsky (1955). In the 60s and early 70s Belarusian on stage t-ra opera and ballet post. comic operas "Prickly Rose" (1960) and "When the Leaves Fall" (1968) by Semenyako, his own opera-poem "The Star of Venus" (1970) about Belarusian. poet M. Bogdanovich, ballets "Dream" (1961), "Alpine Ballad" (1967) and "The Chosen One" (1969) by Glebov, "Light and Shadows" (1963), "After the Ball" (1971) by Wagner. The first experience of creating a teleopera belongs to Wagner ("Morning", 1967). In many Belarusian genres. composers R. P. Butvilovsky, S. A. Kortes, I. M. Luchenok, D. B. Smolsky, K. D. Tesakov, O. G. Yanchenko and others are actively working in music. symp. music of the 60s and early. 70s Among means. prod. of this genre - the cantata "Belarusian Songs" and monologues about V. I. Lenin for bass and Bogatyrev's orchestra, the oratorio "The Bells", "Shine, Dawn" and a concerto for voice and Glebov's orchestra, wok.-symphony. the poem "Ashes" by Cortes and others. The genre of instr. is widely represented. concerto (A. V. Bogatyrev, R. P. Butvilovsky, G. M. Wagner, D. R. Kaminsky, S. A. Kortes, O. G. Yanchenko). Significant chamber instruments. ensembles of N. I. Aladov, D. R. Kaminsky, wok. cycles of E. M. Tyrmand, D. B. Smolsky, choral works. A. V. Bogatyreva, E. M. Tyrmand. The songs of I. M. Luchenko gained popularity. Mn. composers work in the field of pop music and cinema.
Among musicologists and folklorists are L. D. Auerbach, G. S. Glushchenko, T. A. Dubkova, V. I. Elatov, A. B. Ladygina, L. S. Mukharinskaya, I. G. Nisnevich, S. G. Nisnevich, B. S. Smol'skii, K. I. Stepantsevich, G. I. Tsitovich, G. R. Shirma, T. A. Shcherbakova, and others; among singers - Nar. art. USSR L. P. Alexandrovskaya, T. N. Nizhnikova, Nar. art. BSSR L. F. Alekseeva, A. D. Arsenko, Z. I. Babiy, I. M. Bolotin, L. F. Brazhnik, V. F. Volchanetskaya, L. I. Galushkina, A. M. Generalov, V I. Glushakov, S. M. Danilyuk, M. I. Denisov, S. Yu. Saikov, N. N. Serdobov, I. D. Sorokin, V. M. Chernobaev, T. I. Shimko; conductors - nar. art. BSSR T. M. Kolomiytseva, L. V. Lyubimov, Honored. activity claim in the BSSR I. S. Abramis, I. A. Gitgarts, M. E. Shneiderman, honored. artist of the BSSR V. V. Kataev; choral conductors - nar. Artist of the USSR G. I. Tsitovich, G. R. Shirma, Nar. art. BSSR A. Kogadeev, merit. activity claim in the BSSR G. N. Petrov, V. V. Rovdo; violinists - Honored. art. BSSR A. L. Bessmertny, L. D. Gorelik; pianists - honored art. BSSR E. Ya. Efron; cymbalists - nar. art. USSR I. I. Zhinovich, Nar. art. BSSR A. A. Ostrometsky, Honored. art. BSSR V. A. Burkovich, S. M. Novitsky, X. I. Shmelkin.
In the BSSR there are State. symp. Orchestra, Minsk Chamber Orchestra, Nar. instruments, academic choir, radio and television choir, State. nar. choir, song and dance ensemble of the Red Banner Belarusian. military district (founded in 1938), a concert and variety orchestra of radio and television, a conservatory and with it special. average music. school (Minsk), 12 music. schools, 96 music. schools. The Institute of Art History, Ethnography and Folklore of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (founded in 1957) has a music section.
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I. G. Nisnevich
His songs are known and loved by the whole country. Everyone sings his melodies: from young to old. His name is heard far beyond the borders of Belarus. Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok - People's Artist of the USSR and Belarus, Laureate of the State Prize, holder of the Orders of Francysk Skaryna and Friendship of Peoples, Honored Art Worker. Today is the maestro's birthday.
As always, Igor Mikhailovich immediately invites you to the house. But we were not the only ones who decided to congratulate the famous Belarusian composer.
So that in your life and work there is only, as they say, faith, hope, love and health!
In his years, Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok feels like 27 - forever young in soul and heart. Therefore, a birthday is a special occasion for joy, especially when relatives, friends, fans and many famous personalities congratulate.
Igor Luchenok, composer, People's Artist of Belarus, Honored Art Worker:
It was about 10 years ago when I arrived in Kazakhstan. There I have a good friend Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev. And as I remember now, they met me, congratulated me… Kazakhstan! Imagine! And I remember it very much.
Famous artists never forget about the birthday of the master of musical tact. For example, Iosif Kabzon, with whom Igor Luchenok has been on good terms for many years. However, the maestro always knew how to make friends, so it is not surprising that his friends say only good words about him.
Vladimir Provalinsky, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus:
He is decent. If he said a word, he remembers it, no matter who asks. Some kind of miracle will come and say: “Igor Mikhailovich, help!”. He will always help!
Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok does not like to praise himself. His songs can tell the main thing about him: “Alesya”, “May Waltz”, “My Dear Compatriots”, “Belarusian Polka”, “Verasy”, “Veronica”, “You need to be at home for a while”, “Letter from the 45th” . The compositions to which the composer wrote music can be listed for hours. Some of them are especially dear to the master.
Igor Luchenok, composer:
Four works. These are “My native kut” (Yakub Kolas), “Spadchyna” (Yanka Kupala), “Cranes on Palessia are lying” (Ales Staver)And "May Waltz".
Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok graduated from three conservatories: Belarusian, Leningrad, Moscow. He wrote hundreds of instrumental works. It is he who is the author of the anthem of the Belarusian capital - "Song about Minsk". This melody is beaten every hour by the chimes on the Minsk City Hall.
Igor Luchenok, composer:
I have never chased gold, silver, or any perks. Never! I just served the Soviet Union. I am the People's Artist of the USSR, and I am very proud of it!
And this is that rare shot when Igor Mikhailovich picks up an accordion and starts playing. This instrument is a gift from my father. But still, it is more customary to see the maestro at the piano.
Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok does not draw a line under his work. And today he cannot live a single day without a musical beat. There are new unfinished scores on his piano.
We wish the famous composer long life and fulfillment of all his creative ideas!
