Wednesday, October 12, 2022

TDCM: October 12th - Dmitry Kabalevsky

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 


Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)


Bio

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky was born in St Petersburg. He studied at the Academic Music College in Moscow and then at the Moscow Conservatory. He worked with the Productive Collective of Student Composers as a student and before 30 was a lecturer at the Conservatory. He was very prolific and a notable member of the Soviet party. He was given a number of awards including the Lenin Prize, and the Hero of Socialist Labor. He was a contemporary of Prokofiev and Shostakovich but adhered more closely to socialist realism and thus endeared himself to the Party. 

Music

Symphony No. 1 in C-sharp minor


Symphony No. 4 in C minor


Symphony No. 2 in C minor


24 Preludes


Violin Concerto in C major


Fantasy in F minor by Schubert, Orch. by Kabalevsky


Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor


Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor



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