Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachov (Shcherbachyov, Shcherbachev) (; 25 January 1889, in

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– 5 March 1952, in

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) was a Soviet composer. He studied with

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, and

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(Joseph Wihtol) at the

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from 1908 to 1914. While there he also worked as a pianist for

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and taught

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. He served in

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and then worked in Soviet government music positions. In 1918-1923 he worked as a lecturer and ran the musical department of the

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. He later became a professor at the

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(1923-1931 and 1944-1948) and the Tbilisi Conservatory. He counted

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, Vasily Velikanov,

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, Valery Zhelobinsky, Gavriil Popov,

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among his pupils, as well as various others.

Works

*''Anna Kolossova'', opera (1939, unfinished); *''Tabachny Kapitan'', operetta (1943); * Five symphonies: **No. 1 (1914); **No. 2 ("Blokovskaya” or "Blok", with soloists and chorus, 1925); **No. 3 (Symphony-Suite, 1931); **No. 4 ("Izhorskaya", with soloists and chorus, 1935); ** No. 5 ("Russkaya", 1948, 2nd version in 1950); *Nonet for 7 instruments, voice and dancer (1919); *Suite for string quartet (1939) and other chamber music; *Two piano sonatas and other piano works; *Various Romances; *Film music: **''

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, 1934); **''

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'' (1937–1939); **'' Polkovodets Suvorov'' (1941); *Two Suites: ** ''The Thunderstorm''; **''Peter I''.bytemusic.es
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References

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, ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music''. Harvard, 1996, p. 831. * Genrich Orlov, ''Vladmir Vladimirovich Shcherbachov'' (Leningrad, 1959) *

External links

Vladimir Shcherbachov on IMDb
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