Aleksandr Yurasovsky

Alexander Ivanovich Yurasovsky Александр Иванович Юрасовский
Background information
Born	(1890-06-15)June 15, 1890 Mishkovo, Oryol district, Russian Empire
Died	January 31, 1922(1922-01-31) (aged 31) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Conductor, composer

Alexander Ivanovich Yurasovsky^[a][b] (June 15, 1890 – January 31, 1922) was a conductor and composer active in the Russian Empire and later in the Soviet Union.^[1]

Biography

Yurasovsky was born in the town of Mishkovo located within the Oryol district.^[1] He was the grandson of violinist Vasiliǐ Zhakharovich (1842-1907) and son of the opera singer Nadezhda Vasil'evna Salina (1864-1955).^[2][3] He studied piano with E.P. Savina and musical composition with Peter Nikolaevich Renchitsky,^[1] Reinhold Glière and Alexander Gretchaninov, graduating from Moscow University in 1913 with a degree in law.^[1] He made his conducting debut in 1912.^[1] After time in the Russian Army from 1914 to 1917,^[1] he resumed his musical activity, conducting concerts in Kharkiv, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don.^[3]

He held administrative and conducting positions, and orchestrated Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 2 as well as Suite of Preludes (containing preludes Op. 23, No 3, 4, 10, and Op. 32, No 12, 13).^[3]

List of works

Opera

• Trilby (libretto by composer from the novel by George du Maurier)

Orchestra works

• In the Moonlight, op. 6 (1911)
• Pastel (2 Pictures, 1911)
• Ghosts, symphonic poem, op. 8 (1912)
• Spring Symphony (1918)
• Poem-concerto for piano and orchestra (1918)
• Suite (1922)

Chamber music

• Dramatic sonata cello and piano. (1911)
• Piano Trio (1911)

Piano music

• 4 Preludes (1910)
• Sonata dramatique, op. 3 (1910)
• 6 The way of love songs (lyrics by A. Allyn, 1912)
• 3 songs (lyrics by Nekrasov, 1913),
• 14 recitations to music
• music for productions of dramas, including "The Prince and the manor" (1914)
• 6 improvisations (1915) 3 ensembles for women 's voices with AF. (1913) for voice and piano

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Notes

1. Russian: Александр Иванович Юрасовский, romanized: Aleksandr Ivanovich Yurasovsky
2. In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Yurasovsky.

References

1. Allan Ho, Dmitry Feofanov, editors, Biographical dictionary of Russian/Soviet composers (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989), p. 609-10.
2. Naumov, A. V. (2017). Aleksandr IUrasovskiǐ: Dnevnik nedopisannoǐ zhizni. Moscow: Vuzovskaia Kniga. p. 478. ISBN 9785950208164.
3. M.P. Leonov, "A. I. Yurasovsky" in Akademik - Muz'kal'naia Entsiklopedia.

External links

• Free scores by Alexandr Yurasovsky at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Works by or about Aleksandr Yurasovsky at the Internet Archive