RUSSIA 1986 - B.F. Asafyev, composer, writer, musicologist

Description

Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev, 1884-1949
Material:
patinated bronze
Diameter:
60 mm
Weight:
128 g
Designer:
D.F. Terekhov
Manufacturer:
Leningrad Mint
Condition:
Unc.
Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev
(1884-1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions include ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets include
Flames of Paris
, based on the French Revolution, and
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
, which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 2006. His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include
The Book about Stravinsky
and
Glinka
(for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).
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