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Kalafati, etc (unsung Russian composers of late 19th century)

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« on: March 26, 2013, 03:40:09 am »

Vassily Kalafati (1869-1942) is certainly an intriguing composer. Here's his worklist, which contains a symphony, two strings quartets and other pieces: http://russiancomposers.org.uk/page575.html
Yes, the fact that he composed in the style of Rimsky is quite tantalizing! But, unfortunately, not a note of his music appears to have been recorded :(
On the bright side, his Symphony in A major and some solo piano pieces are help at IMSLP: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Kalafati,_Vasily

The Russian composer Vassily Kalafati (1869-1942) came up in the discussion thread on the Schubert 1928 Centennial Contest (Kalafati's entry, the symphonic poem Legenda, won a prize).

Anyway, I have come across some small pieces by Kalafati, and some other unsung Russians (Klenovsky, Winkler, Sokolov,.....), that have been recorded.  I hope they pass the copyright test, as they concern an old Soviet movie, as follows:

Robert Schumann wrote, in 1834-35, a series of small pieces for piano called "Carnaval - Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes". It consists of a collection of 22 short pieces representing masked revelers at Carnival, a festival before Lent (2 pieces were not numbered)

In 1910, a number of Russian composers collaborated in an orchestration of 20 of the pieces for a ballet production by Sergei Diaghilev, as follows:

1. Préambule (A-flat; Quasi maestoso) - orchestrated by Glazunov
2. Pierrot (E-flat; Moderato) - orchestrated by Glazunov
3. Arlequin (B-flat; Vivo) - orchestrated by Klenovsky, Nikolai Semyonovich (1857-1915)
4. Valse noble (B-flat; Un poco maestoso) - orchestrated by A. Petrov
5. Eusebius (E-flat; Adagio) - orchestrated by Glazunov
6. Florestan (G minor; Passionato) - orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov
7. Coquette (B-flat; Vivo) - orchestrated by Kalafati, Vassily Pavlovich (1869-1942)
8. Réplique (B-flat-G minor; L'istesso tempo) - NOT ORCHESTRATED
--. Sphinxes  - NOT ORCHESTRATED
9. Papillons (B-flat: Prestissimo) - orchestrated by Tcherepnin, Nikolai (1873-1945)
10. A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A: Lettres Dansantes (E-flat; Presto) - orchestrated by Liadov, Anatoly (1855-1914)
11. Chiarina (C minor; Passionato) - orchestrated by Kalafati
12. Chopin (A-flat; Agitato) - orchestrated by Glazunov
13. Estrella (F minor; Con affetto) - orchestrated by Winkler, Alexandr Adolfovich (1865-1935)
14. Reconnaissance (A-flat; Animato) - orchestrated by Vītols, Jāzeps (1863-1948)
15. Pantalon et Colombine (F minor; Presto) - orchestrated by Arensky, Anton (1861-1906)
16. Valse allemande (A-flat; Molto vivace) - orchestrated by Liadov
--. Intermezzo: Paganini (F minor; Presto) - orchestrated by Liadov
17. Aveu (F minor-A flat; Passionato) - orchestrated by Sokolov, Nikolay Alexandrovich (1859-1922)
18. Promenade (D-flat; Con moto) - orchestrated by Klenovsky
19. Pause (A-flat; Vivo) - orchestrated by Glazunov
20. Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins (A-flat; Non allegro) - orchestrated by Glazunov+Kalafati

In the Soviet period, a film was made of this, and someone has extracted the music and put it online here http://intoclassics.net/news/2013-03-07-9683 and here  http://files.mail.ru/BD33A97B9D3B455DA961B7E0BDBAD8B8
I am hazarding a guess that as this refers to a Soviet-era movie, copyright rules won't apply

I also have a question: movement 4 ("Valse noble") was orchestrad by one A. Petrov. Who can this have been, does anyone have any idea?  It can't have been the Soviet-era composer Andrei Petrov, he was only born in 1930!
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