Liatoshinsky, Boris (Nikolaievich)

Liatoshinsky, Boris (Nikolaievich), significant Ukrainian composer and pedagogue; b. Zhitomir, Jan. 3,1895; d. Kiev, April 15,1968. He studied jurisprudence at the Univ. of Kiev, simultaneously taking lessons in composition at the Kiev Cons, with Gliere, graduating in 1919. He was an instructor (1919–35) and then a prof. (1935–68) at the Kiev Cons.; also taught at the MoscowCons. (1936–37; 1941–43). Liatoshinsky was awarded State Prizes in 1946 and 1952. His style of composition followed the broad outlines of national music, with numerous thematic allusions to folk songs.

Works

dramatic opera :The Golden Hoop (1929; Odessa, March 26, 1930); Shchors (1937; Kiev, Sept. 1, 1938; rev. version, Kiev, Feb. 18,1970). orch.: 5 syms.: No. 1 (1918–19), No. 2 (1935–36; rev. 1940), No. 3 (1951; rev. 1954), No. 4 (1963), and No. 5 (1965–66); Poem of Reunification (1949–50); Slavonic Concerto for Piano and Orch. (1953); Grazina, ballad (Kiev, Nov. 26, 1955); On the Banks of the Vistula, symphonic poem (1958); Solemn Overture (1967). chamber: 4 string quartets (1915, 1922, 1928, 1943); 2 piano trios (1922, rev. 1925; 1942); Violin Sonata (1926); Ukrainian Quintet for Piano (1942; rev. 1945); Suite on Ukrainian Folk Themes for String Quartet (1944); other piano pieces. vocal: Choral works; songs; many folk song arrangements.

Bibliography

I. Boelza, B.M.L (Kiev, 1947); V. Samokhvalov, B. L.(Kiev, 1970; second ed., 1974).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire