Yakiv Stepanovych Stepovy () (October 20, 1883 – November 4, 1921) was a Ukrainian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

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, and

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. Stepovy was born Yakiv Yakymenko (Akimenko) in

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

, in the

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(in present-day

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). Stepovy's older brother, ), was also a composer. Stepovy was a representative of the Ukrainian musical intelligentsia of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of the national school of composition and composed in the tradition of

Mykola Lysenko Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the central figure of Ukrainian music, with an ''oeuvre'' tha ...

.Яків Степовий – продовжувач традицій М. Лисенка (Yakiv Stepovy – continuer of Mykola Lysenko's traditions)
article on website of Ukrainian People's Party Stepovy was a graduate of the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory () (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty member ...

, where he studied with

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental i ...

and

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. At the time, his name was spelled , which he romanized as Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakow; the BGN/PCGN transliteration of Russian is used for his name here; ALA-LC system: , ISO 9 system: .. (18 March 1844 – 2 ...

and graduated in 1914.Yakiv Stepovyi (1883–1921)
– biography on Ukrainian Art Song Project page During

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, Stepovy was recruited to the military, where he worked as a secretary on a hospital train. He served in the military for almost three years, until he managed to get released in April 1917.Я. С. Степовий (1883–1921 pp.)
full biography at akolada.org.ua After this he settled in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

where he worked as a teacher at the

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and a musical critic. He was a master at choral and piano works, the author of music collections for children, teacher of the

and founder of the State vocal quartet.

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Stepovy, Yakiv - biography, creativity, sheet music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stepovy, Yakiv 1883 births 1921 deaths Burials at Baikove Cemetery Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Kyiv Conservatory Ukrainian classical composers Ukrainian music educators

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