Alexander Abramovich Kerin |

Alexander Kerin

UKrain ungumqambi waseSoviet wesizukulwane esidala, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe wokudala ngisho nangaphambi kweNguquko ka-Okthoba ka-1917. Umculo wakhe waqhubeka nesiko le-Mighty Handful, futhi wathonywa abaqambi be-French Impressionist. Emsebenzini we-Crane, i-motif yasempumalanga ne-Spanish ibonakala kakhulu.

U-Alexander Abramovich Kerin wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 8 (20), 1883 eNizhny Novgorod. Wayeyindodana encane yomculi othobekile owayedlala ivayolini emishadweni, eqoqa izingoma zamaJuda, kodwa wayeziphilisa ngokucula upiyano. Njengabafowabo, wakhetha indlela yomculi okhokhelwayo futhi ngo-1897 wangena eMoscow Conservatory ekilasini le-cello A. Glen, wathatha izifundo zokuqamba kuL. Nikolaev noB. Yavorsky. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni somculo ngo-1908, uCrane wadlala eqenjini lomculo, wenza amalungiselelo enhlangano kaJurgenson yokunyathelisa, futhi kusukela ngo-1912 waqala ukufundisa eMoscow People’s Conservatory. Ezingomeni zakhe zakuqala - ezothando, upiyano, i-violin nezingcezu ze-cello - ithonya likaTchaikovsky, uGrieg noScriabin, ayemthanda kakhulu, liyabonakala. Ngo-1916, umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala we-symphonic wenziwa - inkondlo ethi "Salome" ngemva kuka-O. Wilde, futhi ngonyaka olandelayo - izingcezu ze-symphonic zedrama ka-A. Blok ethi "The Rose and the Cross". Ekuqaleni kwawo-1920, i-Symphony Yokuqala, i-cantata "Kaddish", enikezelwe inkumbulo yabazali, "i-Jewish Caprice" ye-violin nepiyano, kanye neminye imisebenzi eminingi. Ngo-1928-1930, wabhala i-opera Zagmuk esekelwe endabeni yokuphila kweBhabhiloni lasendulo, futhi ngo-1939 umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu kaCrane, i-ballet Laurencia, wavela esiteji saseLeningrad.

Ngo-1941, ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II, uCrane wathuthwa eNalchik, kwathi ngo-1942 waya eKuibyshev (Samara), lapho i-Bolshoi Theatre yaseMoscow yayikhona phakathi neminyaka yempi. Ngomyalo wemidlalo yaseshashalazini, uCrane usebenza ku-ballet yesibili, uTatyana (Indodakazi Yabantu), enikezelwe esihlokweni esasibaluleke kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi - umsebenzi wentombazane ehlangene. Ngo-1944, Crane wabuyela eMoscow futhi waqala ukusebenza ku-Second Symphony. Umculo wakhe womdlalo kaLope de Vega “The Dance Teacher” ube yimpumelelo enkulu. I-suite evela kuyo yaduma kakhulu. Umsebenzi wokugcina wama-symphonic kaCrane kwakuyinkondlo yezwi, ikhwaya yabesifazane kanye ne-orchestra “Ingoma Ye-Falcon” esekelwe enkondlweni kaMaxim Gorky.

UCrane washona ngo-Ephreli 20, 1950 eRuza Composer House eduze kwaseMoscow.

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