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Boris Asafyev

Soviet Russian composer and musicologist

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Soviet Russian composer and musicologist

Field	Value
name	Boris Asafyev
native_name_lang	ru
native_name	Борис Асафьев
image	[[File:1984 CPA 5528.jpg	200px]]
caption	Asafyev on a 1984 stamp
birth_date
birth_place	Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
death_date
death_place	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
occupation	Composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic

Gravestone of Asafiev at the Novodevichy Cemetery

Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (27 January 1949; also known by pseudonym Igor Glebov) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in Saint Petersburg.

Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions included ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets included 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, included The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).

Selected works

Plaque in Truda Square, Saint Petersburg, dedicated to Asafyev.

;Opera

The Cashier's Wife
Minin and Pozharsky
The Girl without a Dowry

;Ballets

The Fairy Gift (1910)
White Lily (1911)
Flames of Paris (1931)
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (1936)
The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1938)
The Rustic Lady
The Stone Guest (1946)

;Orchestra

5 Symphonies
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1939)
Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (1939)
Concerto for piano and orchestra (1939)

;Chamber music

String Quartet (1940)
Sonata for viola solo (1938)
Sonata for cello and piano (1935)
Sonata for trumpet and piano (1939)
Sonatina for oboe and piano (1939)
Variations for horn and piano (1940)

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References

"BORIS VLADIMIROVICH ASAFIEV". Naxos.

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