Alexander Abramsky

Alexander Abramsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Савва́тьевич Абра́мский; 22 January 1898 in Lutsk – 29 August 1985 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer.^[1] He was known for his adaptation of folk music within his compositions.

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Abramsky was born on January 10 (22), 1898 in the city of Lutsk. His father, Savvaty Vasilyevich (Shevel Volfovich) Abramsky (1859 -?), was a Jewish hospital doctor, and was married to Anna Fedorovna Burdo who had two sons, Mikhail and Alexander.^[2] By all accounts, Abramsky's relationship with his father was warm and congenial.^[2]

He became a teacher at the Union of Composers of the USSR in 1951, teaching compositional skills to young composers.^[3]

Compositions

Orchestral

• Three symphonies^[2]
• Concerto for large symphony orchestra

Opera

• "The Vicious Circle" (based on the plot of A. Chekhov, libretto by Abramsky)

Musical

• “Lyali Khan and Anar Khan” (libretto by J. Asimov)

Songs

• "Who, Waves, Stopped You"? (Based on text A. Pushkin)^[4]

Cantata

• “Breath of the Earth” (poems by V. Khlebnikov)
• “The stacks are burning” (poems by E. Verhaeren, translated by V. Bryusov)
• “Juno’s Lover” (poems by V. Khlebnikov)

Oratorio

• “Man Walks” (text by V. Kuznetsov and V. .Semernin)
• “Round Dances” (text by V. Kuznetsov and V. Semernin)

Instrumental

• “Five Compressed Messages” for strings and piano

Piano

• "Sonata laconique" (“Brief Sketch”)
• “Pasionaria” (“Pasionary”)
• "Spanish Rhapsody"

Writings

• 1936: "Opera On The Collective Farm." Mass Musical Movement (5), no. 34.