Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev (

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: Дмитрий Илларионович Перцев) was a Soviet military officer, conductor, and composer. He served as director of music for the Military Band Service of the Leningrad Military District from 1965 to 1977.

Early life and career

Between 1934 and 1937 he studied at the

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. Upon graduation, he immediately transferred to the Military Faculty of the

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in the conducting class of S. A. Chernetsky and M. M. Bagrinovsky, where he would graduate in 1941. Over the 24-year period that followed, he served in various military Band positions throughout the country, having served as the director for the

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and

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s, the Central Group of Forces and a teacher at a Rostov school of military musicians in the mid 50s. In 1964, he was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the

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. A year later, he became the

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of the Military Band Service of the

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and the artistic director of the Headquarters Band of the LenVo. During his time as director, he presided over the massed bands during the last

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military parade in the city in 1968 and was featured in a documentary that sane year on Soviet military music. He retired in 1977 from this post and became a teacher a year later at the Leningrad Institute of Culture (now the Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts), which he would stay at until his death in 1996.

Compositions

In order by year: *''Slow March'' (1952) *''Phalanx March'' (1956) *''March "Leningrad"'' (1958) *''On Guard of the Homeland'' (1960) *''Solemn Overture "Feat"'' (1964) *''Column March'' (1970) *''Anniversary March'' (1973) Many of his military marches (particularly ''Slow March'' and ''Phalanx March'') are common pieces that are used by the used by the bands of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia as well as the band services of countries in the

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(such as

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, the breakaway

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and until 2014,

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) for grand

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or as a general purpose marching song.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pertsev, Dmitry 1913 births 1996 deaths Military music composers Russian military musicians Soviet composers Soviet male composers Soviet conductors (music) Soviet military personnel 20th-century Russian male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni

Early life and career

Compositions

See also

References