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Isaak Dunayevsky

January 01, 1970

Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky (Russian: Исаак Осипович Дунаевский listenⓘ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1900 – 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov.[1][2]

Isaak Dunayevsky

Biography edit

Dunayevsky was born to a Jewish family in Lokhvytsia in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine) in 1900. He studied at the Kharkiv Musical School in 1910 where he studied violin under Konstanty Gorski and Joseph Achron. During this period he started to study the theory of music under Semyon Bogatyrev (1890–1960). He graduated in 1919 from the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts. At first he was a violinist, the leader of the orchestra in Kharkov. Then he started a conducting career. In 1924 he went to Moscow to run the Theatre Hermitage. In 1929 he worked for the first time for a music hall ("To the icy place") with the Moscow music hall. Later, he worked in Leningrad (1929–1941) as a director and conductor of the Saint Petersburg Music Hall (1929–34), and then moved to Moscow to work on his own operettas and film music.

Dunayevsky wrote 14 operettas, 3 ballets, 3 cantatas, 80 choruses, 80 songs and romances, music for 88 plays and 42 films, 43 compositions for light music orchestra and 12 for jazz orchestra, 17 melodeclamations, 52 compositions for symphony orchestra and 47 piano compositions and a string quartet.

He was one of the first composers in the Soviet Union to start using jazz. He wrote the music for three of the most important films of the pre-war Stalinist era, Jolly Fellows, Circus and the film said to be Stalin's favorite film Volga-Volga, all directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.

In a reply to the British book The World of Music, he listed the following as his chief works: The Golden Valley operetta (1937), The Free Wind operetta (1947), and music to the films Circus (1935) and The Kuban Cossacks (1949).

He died of a heart attack in Moscow in 1955. His last piece, the operetta White Acacia (1955), was left unfinished at his death. It was completed by Kirill Molchanov and staged on 15 November 1955, in Moscow.

A previously unknown opera libretto Rachel (1943) by Mikhail Bulgakov, was later found in his archive. The libretto was based on Guy de Maupassant's Mademoiselle Fifi and was published in a book by Naum Shafer (see references and links below).

A book of his essays and memoirs was published in 1961.

Honors edit

Dunayevsky was named a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1950. He was twice awarded the Stalin Prize (1941, 1951) and received two orders and many medals (including Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red Star, and Order of the Badge of Honour).

Family edit

His brother Semyon (1906–1986) was a conductor; another brother, Zinovy (1908–1981), was a composer.

Dunayevsky was married once. He had a son Yevgeny (b. 1932) by his wife Zinaida Sudeikina, and another son Maksim (b. 1945) by his lover, the ballerina Zoya Pashkova (1922—30.01.1991).[3] Maksim is also a well-known composer.

The American journalist Vladislav Davidzon is a descendent of the composer.[4]

The American drag performer Plane Jane (Andrew Dunayevskiy), who appeared on Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race, is a distant relative of Dunayevsky.[5]

Works edit

  • The Tranquillity of the Faun, ballet (1924)
  • Murzilka, ballet for children (1924)
  • For Us and You, operetta (1924)
  • Bridegrooms (Женихи), operetta (1926)
  • The Knives (Ножи), operetta (1928)
  • To the icy place, operetta (1929)
  • Million Langours, operetta (1932)
  • Jolly Fellows (Весёлые ребята), film music (1934), including "Serdtse"
  • Three Friends (Три товарища), film music (1935)
  • Late for a Date (Девушка спешит на свидание), film music (1936)
  • Seekers of Happiness (Искатели счастья), film music (1936)
  • Circus (Цирк), film music (1936)
  • The Children of Captain Grant (Дети капитана Гранта), film music (1936), including two songs and the famous orchestral overture
  • The Golden Valley (Золотая долина), operetta (1937)
  • Volga-Volga (Волга-Волга), film music (1938)
  • The Roads to Happiness (Дороги к счастью), operetta (1939)
  • My Love (Моя любовь). film music (1940)
  • Moscow, suite for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1941)
  • The Wind of Liberty (Вольный ветер), operetta (1947)
  • Cossacks of the Kuban (Кубанские казаки), film music (1949)
  • The Son of the Clown (Сын клоуна), operetta (1950)
  • Glory of the Railwaymen, cantata
  • Our Homeland May Flourish!, cantata
  • Ballet Suite for orchestra
  • Suite on Chinese themes, orchestra
  • Rhapsody on Songs of the people of the Soviet Union, jazz orchestra
  • The Music Store, jazz orchestra
  • String Quartet
  • Song of the Fatherland, film music
  • Requiem, narrator and quintet
  • Song of Stalin, chorus and orchestra
  • White Acacia (Белая акация), operetta (1955, completed by Kirill Molchanov)
  • Quiet, Everything Quiet (Тихо, всё тихо), the sign-off tune of the Soviet television until 1991.

Also:

See also edit

Bibliography edit

  • Kommissarskaya, M Dunayevsky, the article in "Tvorcheskiye biografii Kompozitorov", Moscow, 1989 (in Russian)
  • Shafer, Naum “Dunayevsky Today” Moscow, Sovetsky Kompozitor, 1988 (in Russian)

References edit

  1. ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. p. 1937. ISBN 978-1838718497.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 197–199. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  3. ^ "Zoia Pashkova Biography". kino-teatr.ru (in Russian). Russia.
  4. ^ https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/yevgeniy-fiks-gay-communist-yiddish-utopia
  5. ^ Plane Jane and Lieutenant Brigadier General Cuhntalina Badussy with Katya | The Bald & the Beautiful. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via www.youtube.com.

External links edit

  • Isaak Dunayevsky: The Red Mozart Of Soviet Cinema
  • Famous Ukrainian Jews Commemorated on Postage Stamps-Isaak Dunayevsky
  • The heart grows light with a joyful song:120th birthday of Isaak Dunayevsky
  • Naum Shafer, “Dunayevsky Today”

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Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky Russian Isaak Osipovich Dunaevskij listen also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy 30 January O S 18 January 1900 25 July 1955 was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s who composed music for operetta and film comedies frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov 1 2 Isaak Dunayevsky Contents 1 Biography 2 Honors 3 Family 4 Works 5 See also 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 External linksBiography editDunayevsky was born to a Jewish family in Lokhvytsia in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire now Myrhorod Raion Poltava Oblast Ukraine in 1900 He studied at the Kharkiv Musical School in 1910 where he studied violin under Konstanty Gorski and Joseph Achron During this period he started to study the theory of music under Semyon Bogatyrev 1890 1960 He graduated in 1919 from the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts At first he was a violinist the leader of the orchestra in Kharkov Then he started a conducting career In 1924 he went to Moscow to run the Theatre Hermitage In 1929 he worked for the first time for a music hall To the icy place with the Moscow music hall Later he worked in Leningrad 1929 1941 as a director and conductor of the Saint Petersburg Music Hall 1929 34 and then moved to Moscow to work on his own operettas and film music Dunayevsky wrote 14 operettas 3 ballets 3 cantatas 80 choruses 80 songs and romances music for 88 plays and 42 films 43 compositions for light music orchestra and 12 for jazz orchestra 17 melodeclamations 52 compositions for symphony orchestra and 47 piano compositions and a string quartet He was one of the first composers in the Soviet Union to start using jazz He wrote the music for three of the most important films of the pre war Stalinist era Jolly Fellows Circus and the film said to be Stalin s favorite film Volga Volga all directed by Grigori Aleksandrov In a reply to the British book The World of Music he listed the following as his chief works The Golden Valley operetta 1937 The Free Wind operetta 1947 and music to the films Circus 1935 and The Kuban Cossacks 1949 He died of a heart attack in Moscow in 1955 His last piece the operetta White Acacia 1955 was left unfinished at his death It was completed by Kirill Molchanov and staged on 15 November 1955 in Moscow A previously unknown opera libretto Rachel 1943 by Mikhail Bulgakov was later found in his archive The libretto was based on Guy de Maupassant s Mademoiselle Fifi and was published in a book by Naum Shafer see references and links below A book of his essays and memoirs was published in 1961 Honors editDunayevsky was named a People s Artist of the RSFSR in 1950 He was twice awarded the Stalin Prize 1941 1951 and received two orders and many medals including Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star and Order of the Badge of Honour Family editHis brother Semyon 1906 1986 was a conductor another brother Zinovy 1908 1981 was a composer Dunayevsky was married once He had a son Yevgeny b 1932 by his wife Zinaida Sudeikina and another son Maksim b 1945 by his lover the ballerina Zoya Pashkova 1922 30 01 1991 3 Maksim is also a well known composer The American journalist Vladislav Davidzon is a descendent of the composer 4 The American drag performer Plane Jane Andrew Dunayevskiy who appeared on Season 16 of RuPaul s Drag Race is a distant relative of Dunayevsky 5 Works editThe Tranquillity of the Faun ballet 1924 Murzilka ballet for children 1924 For Us and You operetta 1924 Bridegrooms Zhenihi operetta 1926 The Knives Nozhi operetta 1928 To the icy place operetta 1929 Million Langours operetta 1932 Jolly Fellows Vesyolye rebyata film music 1934 including Serdtse Three Friends Tri tovarisha film music 1935 Late for a Date Devushka speshit na svidanie film music 1936 Seekers of Happiness Iskateli schastya film music 1936 Circus Cirk film music 1936 The Children of Captain Grant Deti kapitana Granta film music 1936 including two songs and the famous orchestral overture The Golden Valley Zolotaya dolina operetta 1937 Volga Volga Volga Volga film music 1938 The Roads to Happiness Dorogi k schastyu operetta 1939 My Love Moya lyubov film music 1940 Moscow suite for solo voices chorus and orchestra 1941 The Wind of Liberty Volnyj veter operetta 1947 Cossacks of the Kuban Kubanskie kazaki film music 1949 The Son of the Clown Syn klouna operetta 1950 Glory of the Railwaymen cantata Our Homeland May Flourish cantata Ballet Suite for orchestra Suite on Chinese themes orchestra Rhapsody on Songs of the people of the Soviet Union jazz orchestra The Music Store jazz orchestra String Quartet Song of the Fatherland film music Requiem narrator and quintet Song of Stalin chorus and orchestra White Acacia Belaya akaciya operetta 1955 completed by Kirill Molchanov Quiet Everything Quiet Tiho vsyo tiho the sign off tune of the Soviet television until 1991 Also Songs Pieces for chamber orchestra Incidental music for theatre and cinemaSee also editMaksim DunayevskyBibliography editKommissarskaya M Dunayevsky the article in Tvorcheskiye biografii Kompozitorov Moscow 1989 in Russian Shafer Naum Dunayevsky Today Moscow Sovetsky Kompozitor 1988 in Russian References edit Richard Taylor Nancy Wood Julian Graffy Dina Iordanova 2019 The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema Bloomsbury p 1937 ISBN 978 1838718497 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Peter Rollberg 2009 Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema US Rowman amp Littlefield pp 197 199 ISBN 978 0 8108 6072 8 Zoia Pashkova Biography kino teatr ru in Russian Russia https www tabletmag com sections arts letters articles yevgeniy fiks gay communist yiddish utopia Plane Jane and Lieutenant Brigadier General Cuhntalina Badussy with Katya The Bald amp the Beautiful Retrieved 2024 04 09 via www youtube com External links editIsaak Dunayevsky The Red Mozart Of Soviet 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