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Edison Vasilievich Denisov (, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of
Soviet music The music of the Soviet Union varied in many genres and epochs. The majority of it was considered to be part of the Russian culture, but other national cultures from the Republics of the Soviet Union made significant contributions as well. The S ...
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Biography

Denisov was born in
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,
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. He studied mathematics before deciding to spend his life composing. This decision was enthusiastically supported by
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, who gave him lessons in composition. In 1951–56 Denisov studied at the
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: composition with
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, orchestration with
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, analysis with Viktor Tsukkerman and piano with Vladimir Belov. In 1956–59 he composed the opera ''Ivan-Soldat'' (Soldier Ivan) in three acts based on Russian folk fairy tales. He began his own study of scores that were difficult to obtain in the USSR at that time, including music by composers ranging from
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and
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to
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and
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. He wrote a series of articles giving a detailed analysis of different aspects of contemporary compositional techniques and at same time actively experimented as a composer, trying to find his own way. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, he taught orchestration and later composition there. His pupils included the composers Dmitri Smirnov,
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,
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, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Sokolov,
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. He supported and encouraged
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and
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who have never been his pupils. In 1979, at the Sixth Congress of the
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, he was blacklisted as one of " Khrennikov's Seven" for unapproved participation in a number of festivals of Soviet music in the West. Denisov became a leader of the
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reestablished in Moscow in 1990. Later he moved to
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, where after an accident and long illness he died in a
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hospital in 1996.


Music

Denisov's cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble ''Le soleil des Incas'' (1964), setting poems by
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and dedicated to
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, brought him international recognition following a series of successful performances of the work in
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and Paris (1965).
Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...
liked the piece, discovering the "remarkable talent" of its composer. However, it was harshly criticised by the
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for its "western influences", "erudition instead of creativity", and "total composer's arbitrary" (
Tikhon Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (; – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, f ...
). After that, performances of his works were frequently banned in the Soviet Union. Later he wrote a flute concerto for
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, a violin concerto for
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, works for the oboist
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, clarinettist
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and a
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for
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and piano for
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, that became highly popular among saxophone players. His sombre but striking
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, setting a multi-lingual text (
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,
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, and
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) based on works by the German writer Francisco Tanzer, was given its first performance in
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in 1980. Among his major works are the operas '' L'écume des jours'' after
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(1981), ''Quatre Filles'' after
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(1986) and ballet ''Confession'' after
Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...
.


Honours and awards

*
People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the Russian Federation ()is an honorary title given no earlier than five years after the honorary title "Honored Artist of Russia" or " Honored Art Worker of Russia" to an important artist who has created extraordinary works of ...
*
Honoured Artist of the RSFSR Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also known as Honored Artist of Russia, is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, d ...
* Chevalier of the
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* Commander of the
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Selected works

Chamber *1958 Sonata for Two Violins *1958 Three concert pieces for violin and piano *1960 Sonata for Flute and Piano *1961 String quartet no. 2 *1963 Concerto for flute, oboe, piano and percussion *1963 Violin sonata *1968 ''Ode'' (in Memory of
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) for clarinet, piano and percussion *1968 ''Musique Romantique'' (''Романтическая музыка—Romantic Music'') for oboe, harp and string trio *1969 String trio *1969 Wind quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn *1969 ''Silhouettes'' for flute, two pianos and percussion *1969 ''Chant des Oiseaux'' (''Пение птиц'') for prepared piano (or harpsichord) and tape *1969 ''DSCH'' for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano *1969 ''The Singing of the Birds'' for the ANS photoelectronic synthesizer *1970 Sonata for alto saxophone and piano *1971 Piano Trio *1972 Sonatina for violin *1972 Sonata for clarinet solo *1974 ''Signes en blanc'' (''Знаки на белом—The Signs on White'') for piano *1975 ''Choral Varié'' for trombone and piano *1983 ''Five Etudes'' for Solo Bassoon *1984 Variations on Bach chorale ‘’Es ist genung’’ for viola and piano (or chamber orchestra) *1985 ''Three Pictures after
Paul Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented wi ...
'' for viola, oboe, horn, piano, vibraphone and double bass *1987 Clarinet Quintet *1987 Piano quintet *1991 Four pieces for string quartet *1991 Octet for winds *1991 Quintet for saxophone quartet and piano *1993 Sonata for clarinet and piano *1994 Sonata for alto saxophone and cello *1995 Trio for flute, bassoon and piano *1995 Des ténèbres à la lumière (From Dusk to Light) for accordion *1996 Sonata for two flutes (May) *1996 ''Femme et oiseaux'' (''The Woman and the Birds'') homage to
Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , ; ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor and Ceramic art, ceramist. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona ...
for piano, string quartet and woodwind quartet *1996 ''Avant le coucher du soleil'' for alto flute and vibraphone Concertos *1972 Cello Concerto *1975 Piano Concerto *1975 Flute Concerto *1977 Violin Concerto *1977 ''Concerto Piccolo'' for saxophone and six percussionists *1978 Concerto for flute, oboe, and orchestra *1982 Variations for cello and orchestra on
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's Canon ''Tod ist ein langer Schlaf'' *1982 Chamber music for viola, harpsichord, and strings *1982 Concerto for bassoon, cello and orchestra *1984 Concerto for 2 violas, harpsichord, and strings *1985 ''Happy ending'' for 2 violins, cello, double bass and string orchestra *1986 Viola Concerto *1986 Oboe Concerto *1989 Clarinet Concerto *1991 Guitar Concerto *1993 Concerto for flute, vibraphone, harpsichord and string orchestra *1996 Concerto for flute, clarinet and orchestra Symphonic *1958 Little suite *1970 ''Peinture'' (''Живопись—Painting'') for orchestra *1982 Chamber Symphony No. 1 *1983 Epitaph for chamber orchestra *1985 Suite from the Ballet ''Confession'' *1986 Waltz by Franz Schubert *1987 Symphony No. 1 *1994 Chamber Symphony No. 2 *1996 Symphony No. 2 Choral/Vocal *1964 ''Le soleil des Incas'' (''Солнце инков''—''The Sun of Incas''), text by
Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. She was ...
for soprano, flute, oboe, horn, trumpet, two pianos, percussion, violin and cello *1964 ''Italian Songs'', text by
Alexander Blok Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Blok.oga; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publ ...
for soprano, flute, horn, violin and harpsichord *1966 ''Les pleurs'' (''Плачи—Lamentations''), text of Russian folksongs for soprano, piano and three percussionists *1966 '' Five stories of Mr. Keuner '' (B. Brecht) for tenor and small ensemble *1968 ''Autumn'' (''Осень'') after Velemir Khlebnikov for thirteen solo voices *1970 Two Songs after poems by
Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga;  – 8 November 1953)Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of th ...
for solo voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion *1980 ''Requiem'' after liturgian texts and poems by Francisco Tanzer for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra *1981 ''Song of Autumn'' for soprano and orchestra *1986 ''Aux plus haut des cieux'' for soprano and chamber orchestra *1988 ''Legends of the subterranean waters'' for chorus *1988 ''Peaceful Light'' for chorus *1989 ''Four Poems'' after G. de Nerval for voice, flute and piano *1991 ''Kyrie'' for choir and orchestra after fragment from Mozart K.323 *1992 ''History of Life and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christus'' according to St. Matthew for bass, tenor, chorus and orchestra *1995 ''Choruses for Medea'' for chorus and ensemble *1995 ''Morning Dream'' after seven poems of
Rose Ausländer Rose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian E ...
for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra Opera *1956–9 ''Soldier Ivan'' () opera in three acts after motifs from Russian folk fairy tales *1981 '' L'écume des jours'' (''Пена дней—The Foam of Days''), an opera after
Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of th ...
*1986 ''Quatre Filles'' (''Четыре девушки—The Four Girls''), an opera in one act after
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Ballet *1984 ''Confession'' (''Исповедь''), a ballet in three acts after
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Arrangements/Completions *1981 Arrangement of Bach Partita BWV 1004, for violin and orchestra *1985 Arrangements of 5 Paganini Caprices op. 1, for violin and string orchestra *1993 Completion of
Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...
's opera ''
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'' *1995 Completion of
Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...
's opera-oratorio ''Lazarus oder Die Feier der Auferstehung'' (''Лазарь и торжество Воскрешения'') D689 *1996 Three Cadenzas for Mozart's Concerto for flute and harp


References


Bibliography

* Armengaud J.-P. ''Entretiens avec Denisov, un compositeur sous le régime soviétique.'' P., 1993 * , , * Yuri Kholopov & Valeria Tsenova: ''Edison Denisov — The Russian Voice in European New Music''; Berlin, Kuhn, 2002 * * Brian Luce: ''Light from Behind the Iron Curtain: Anti-Collectivist Style in Edison Denisov's "Quatre Pièces pour Flûte et Piano;"'' UMI, Ann Arbor, 2000 * Peter Schmelz: ''Listening, Memory, and the Thaw: Unofficial Music and Society in the Soviet Union, 1956–1974,'' PhD Dissertation, University of California (
Richard Taruskin Richard Filler Taruskin (April 2, 1945 – July 1, 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation. The breadth of his scrutiny into source material as well as ...
, advisor), 2002 * Peter Schmelz: ''Such Freedom, If Only Musical''. Oxford University Press, 2009 * Ekaterina Kouprovskaia : ''Edison Denisov'', monographie. Aedam Musicae, 2017 * Купровская Е. ''Мой муж Эдисон Денисов''. — М.: Музыка, 2014 * Ценова B. ''Не­из­вест­ный Де­ни­сов''. М., 1997 * * ''Свет. Доб­ро. Веч­ность. Па­мя­ти Э. Де­ни­со­ва. Ста­тьи. Вос­по­ми­на­ния. Ма­те­риа­лы''. М. 1999


External links


Official website dedicated to Edison Denisov (English, Russian & French)
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Edison Denisov at wikilivres.ru (Russian & English)Edison Denisov at news.google.comEdison Denisov at books.google.comEdison Denisov at scholar.google.comEdison Denisov at jstor.org

List of works (Russian)



Brief bio at "Boosey & Hawkes"
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051101105529/http://website.lineone.net/~dmitrismirnov/DenisovLight.html Composer of Light by Dmitri Smirnov (English)br>Fragments on Denisov by Dmitri Smirnov & Elena Firsova (Russian)
* ttp://www.bruceduffie.com/denisov.html Interview with Edison Denisovby Bruce Duffie, May 16, 1991
Edison Denisov, the friend of our family
by Natalia Bondy ''(SpecialRadio, June 2016
russian text)
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