Petrov, Andrei (Pavlovich)

Petrov, Andrei (Pavlovich),Russian composer; b. Leningrad, Sept. 2, 1930. He studied composition at the Leningrad Cons, with Evlakhov, graduating in 1954. In 1957 he joined the Communist party. In his music he follows the general precepts of socialist realism, ethnic in thematic material, euphonious in harmony, energetic in rhythm, stimulating in modalities, optimistic in contemporary philosophy, and realistic in treatment.

Works

dramatic: Opera: Peter the First (Leningrad, 1975). ba11et:The Magic Apple Tree (Leningrad, Nov. 8, 1953); The Station Master, after Pushkin (Leningrad, May 9, 1955); The Shore of Hope (1959); The Creation of the World (1971); Pushkin (1979). musica1:We Want to Dance (1967). orch.:Pioneer Suite (1951); Sport Suite (1953); Radda and Lioko, symphonic poem (1954); Festive Overture (1955); Songs of Today, symphonic cycle (1965); Poem, in memory of those fallen in the siege of Leningrad, for Strings, Organ, 4 Trumpets, 2 Pianos, and Percussion (1965). vocal:The Poem of a Young Pioneer for Soprano, Mezzo- soprano, and Orch. (1959); Poème pathétique for Baritone, 2 Pianos, and Percussion, commemorating the centennial of Lenin’s birth, after Soviet poets (1970); Pushkin, vocal-poetic sym. for Narrator, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus, 2 Harps, and Orch. (1978).

Bibliography

A. Kenigsberg, A. P. (Moscow, 1959); L. Markhasev, A. P., Familiar and Unfamiliar (Leningrad, 1974).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire