Boris Sergeyevich Mayzel' (Russian: Борис Сергеевич Майзель, 17 June 1907 [O.S. 4 June] – 9 July 1986) was a Russian composer. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance
He was born in Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River He studied with Maximilian Steinberg and Pyotr Ryazanov at the Leningrad Conservatory. Maximilian Osseyevich Steinberg ( Russian Максимилиан Осеевич Штейнберг born in Vilnius &ndash December 6 1946 in Pyotr Borisovich Ryazanov (Пётр Борисович Рязанов &ndash October 11, 1942) was a Russian Composer, Teacher, The NA Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory ( Russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени He graduated in 1936. Early on, he had worked on stage works.
He participated in the civil defense of Leningrad during the blockade. The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada He was afterwards evacuated to Sverdlovsk from 1942 to 1944. Between 1924 and 1991 Yekaterinburg Russia was also known as Sverdlovsk and in railway timetables it still is
He lived in Moscow from 1944 to his death.
He primarily wrote symphonies, but his works also include concertos and operas. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto
References
- Material from Grove Biography
External links
- Grove Entry on Mayzel'
- Biography (in Russian)
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