Roman Apollonovych Simovych (28 February 190130 July 1984) was a
Ukrainian composer, educator, and music theorist.
Born in
Sniatyn
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, now in Ukraine, Simovych graduated from the
Prague Conservatory
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in 1934 - on piano (
Vilém Kurz
Vilém Kurz (23 December 1872 – 25 May 1945) was a Czechs, Czech pianist and piano teacher.
Career
Kurz was born in Havlíčkův Brod, Německý Brod, Bohemia in 23 December 1873. He became a professor at the State Conservatory in Lviv and Vi ...
), and again in 1936 undergoing post graduate studies in composition (
Vítězslav Novák
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important e ...
). From 1936 to 1939 he was a teacher of piano and theoretical subjects at the
Lviv National Music Academy
Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy (), or informally Lviv Conservatory, is a national musical institution of higher education in Lviv, Ukraine.
History
The LNMA ''Mykola Lysenko'' traces its origins to earlier music institutions in Lviv, ...
in
Drohobych
Drohobych ( ; ; ) is a city in the south of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 it w ...
and from 1939 to 1942 at the music school in Stanislav (now
Ivano-Frankivsk
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). From 1951, he was a lecturer and from 1963, a full professor at the
Lviv Conservatory
Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy (), or informally Lviv Conservatory, is a national musical institution of higher education in Lviv, Ukraine.
History
The LNMA '' Mykola Lysenko'' traces its origins to earlier music institutions in Lvi ...
. He received the title
Honoured Artist of the USSR (1954).
He died in 1984 and was buried in
Lviv
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, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
Works
* Ballet "Sopilka Dovbush" (1948, libretto by A. Herynovycha)
* 7 symphonies:
** "Hutsul" (1945),
** "Lemko" (1947),
** "Spring" (1951),
** "Heroic" (1954),
** "Mountain" (1955),
** Sixth (1965),
** Seventh (1972);
* Symphonic poems "Sergeant Maxim", "Dovbush", "In memory of
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko (, ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first d ...
"
* Symphonic overtures, suites;
* Concerto for flute and symphony orchestra (1953);
* String quartet, two trios;
* Works for piano:
* 2 Sonatas, Sonatina In suite,
* Variation,
* Ronda,
* Fantasy;
* Works for violin and cello and piano, Variations for harp, works for mixed choir and orchestra and unaccompanied.
* Piano concerto (19??)
Notes
References
*
Encyclopedia of Ukraine'
* ''Lupiy Gregory'' Lviv historical and cultural museum reserve "Cemeteries" / Guide / - Lions, "mason" - 1996, Art. 247
Ukrainian classical composers
1901 births
1984 deaths
People from Sniatyn
Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians
Musicians from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery
20th-century Ukrainian composers
Prague Conservatory alumni
Academic staff of Lviv Conservatory
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