Vasily Andreyevich Zolotarev , sometimes spelled as Zolotaryov (February 24, 1872 in Taganrog

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 – May 25, 1964 in Moscow

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), was a Russian

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 (Soviet) composer

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, music teacher, and People's Artist of Russia

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Biography

Vasily Zolotarev was born in the city of Taganrog

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 in 1872. Studied music at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory

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 under direction of Mily Balakirev

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 (1893–1898) in the class of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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 (1898–1900), graduating in 1900. Zolotarev lectured at Moscow Conservatory

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 (1909–1918), at the Belarus State Academy of Music (Белорусская государственная консерватория им. А. В. Луначарского) in 1933–1941, and other conservatories.

Vasily Zolotarev is author of three operas, seven symphonies (1902–1962), three concerti, six string quartets, songs and other works.

Selected works

Stage

• Decembrists (Декабристы), Opera (1925); new edition Kondrati Ryleev, 1957
• Prince Lake (Князь-озеро), Ballet (1949); won the Stalin Prize in 1950

Orchestral

• Village Festival (Деревенский праздник), Overture, Op.4
• Rhapsodie hébraïque (Еврейская рапсодия), Op.7
• Symphony No.1, Op.8
• Ouverture-fantaisie, Op.22

Concertante

• Concerto for cello and orchestra

Chamber music

• Suite in the Form of Variations (Сюита в форме вариаций) for violin and piano, Op.2
• String Quartet No.1, Op.5
• String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.6
• 2 Novelettes for violin and piano, Op.11
• Piano Quartet in D minor, Op.13
• String Quintet in F minor, Op.19
• String Quartet No.3 in D major, Op.25
• Trio for violin, viola and piano, Op.28
• String Quartet No.4 in B major, Op.33
• Eclogue (Эклога) for viola and piano, Op.38 (1923)
• Sonata for violin and piano, Op.40
• String Quartet No.5 in G major, Op.46
• Trio for violin, cello and piano (1953)
• String Quartet No.6 "on Russian Folk Themes" (на русские народные темы)
• Capriccio on a Hebrew Melody (Каприччио на еврейскую мелодию) for violin and piano
• Poème (Поэма) for cello and piano

Piano

• Sonata [No.1], Op.10
• Sonata No.2, Op.42
• Trois récits (Три рассказа), Op.44

Choral

• Paradise and the Peri (Рай и Пери), Cantata (1900); awarded the Rubinstein Prize

Vocal

• 4 Songs (Четыре романса) for voice and piano, Op.16

Awards

• 1932 – Honored Artist of RSFSR
• 1949 – Peoples' Artist of Belorussian SSR
• 1950 – Stalin Prize

External links

• Biography on website "Soviet Composers"