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Classical music of the Soviet Union developed from the music of the Russian Empire. It gradually evolved from the experiments of the revolutionary era, such as orchestras with no conductors, towards classicism favored under Joseph Stalin's office. The music patriarchs of the era were Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian.
Alexander Mosolov in the 1950s. Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov [n 1] (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Мосоло́в, romanized: Aleksandr Vasil'evič Mosolov; 11 August [O.S. 29 July] 1900 – 11 July 1973) was a composer of the early Soviet era, known best for his early futurist piano sonatas, orchestral episodes, and vocal music.
Musicians like Leonid Utesov and Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov gained prominence during this era. Richard Stites writes: In the years of the "red jazz age" (1932–1936) European and Soviet bands were heard in dozens of cities. The kings were Alexander Tsfasman and Leonid Utesov. ...
Soviet Union portal This category is for articles about musicians from the Asian–European former country of the Soviet Union . For more information, see Music of the Soviet Union .
1983 Soviet stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Alexandrov. Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov [a] (13 April [O.S. 1 April] 1883 – 8 July 1946, born Koptelov or Koptelev) [b] [1] was a Soviet and Russian composer and founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble, who wrote the music for the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, which in 2000 became the national anthem of Russia ...
The Union of Russian Composers (formerly the Union of Soviet Composers, Order of Lenin Union of Composers of USSR (Russian: Ордена Ленина Союз композиторов СССР) (1932– ), and Union of Soviet Composers of the USSR) is a state-created organization for musicians and musicologists created in 1932 by Joseph Stalin in the last year of the Cultural Revolution and ...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [n 1] (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy-KOF-skee; [2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) [n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [a] [b] (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist [1] who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.