Gurilev biography is brief
The original musical education received from his father, violinist and composer of spiritual music. I was engaged in a lot of arrangements for the organ. Of the romances of G., the romances G. Their melody and ease of accompaniment resemble Varlamov. He studied music with his father, but did not receive special musical education. Wrote near romances, very common at one time; Many of them are still eagerly sung in amateurish circles.
By the nature of the romance of his approximately one type with Alyabyevsky see, the fourth part of their “song” was elected 47. In addition, he made several arrangements for the organ and for the FP. Orlov, received the free student of his father, J. Filda and I. The difficult living conditions undermined his health and led to an incurable illness. Along with A.
Varlamov, his vocal Lyrics. It is noted by the proximity to the city household song, the sincerity of expression, the warmth of feelings, elegiac, dreamy moods, the widespread use of the rhythm of household dance, Alexander Lvovich - - Russian composer, pianist, violin, altist. Born in Moscow in the family of a serf musician - a church composer, Lev Stepanovich Gurilev - has shown outstanding musical abilities since childhood, studied with famous pianists J.
Flyda and Geniste. Orlova, father and son of Gurilov received free and were attributed to the philistine class. He worked in Moscow, was famous as the author of Romanov, a pianist, a teacher, but lived in constant need. The last years of his life was seriously ill mentally. The main place in the creative heritage is occupied by the vocal lyrics. Gurilev is a bright representative of the democratic direction in Russian romance.
By texture, the systemic character and the Russian national imprint, his numerous romances belong to the same category with the romances of Alyabyev and A. at one time they were widely known. His transfers of folk Russian songs were also published.
Many of his songs became folk. “Russian Songs”, close in style of a household romance: “Mother-Golobushka”, “bell”, “sundress”, “curls a swallow”, as well as the romances of “separation” “at the dawn of foggy youth”, “do not understand my sadness” and others were widely popular. The significant area of Gurilev’s work is piano music. Variations are distinguished on the themes of folk songs, romances, operas, including on the topic of the romance "at the dawn, you do not wake it up" Varlamov, as well as dance plays.
He collected and processed folk songs: the collection "Forty -seven chosen folk Russian songs. For voice from piano." The works of A. Gurilev during the life of the author gained wide fame and firmly entered the life of various layers of Russian society. And this is no accident. In different corners of our country, people sing them in their own way, varying melodies in their own way, as is characteristic of folk performances.
Gurilev’s music from the moment of its creation also lives on a concert stage, in the repertoire of many Russian and Soviet singers. It is enough to recall, for example, the beautiful. Gurilev was born into the family of the fortress man of Count V. his father, Lev Stepanovich, composed music and headed the count orchestra - one of the best serfs of the late XVIII - early XIX centuries, the permanent location of which was the estate of Otrada.
Under the leadership of his father, the future composer went through a thorough school of musical education. From an early age, he played the violin in the count's orchestra, and later also participated in the chamber ensembles: he performed the Alta party in the quartet of an enlightened music lover N. Golitsyn, acted as a pianist-soloist and accompanist. Fans of music from Moscow, neighboring estates, as well as from other cities often came to the estate of Otrada.
There was a famous pianist J. Flying, a teacher of young M. Glinka, who has lived in Moscow since the X. There is an assumption that the film did not ignore the gifted fortress boy Alexander Gurilev. All the years of childhood, adolescence and youth, the composer remained serf. Only with the death of the old Count Orlov in the year did the Gurylev family receive "will". Alexander was then twenty -eight years old.
Since that time, much has changed in his fate. He met artists, painters, musicians, made friends with A. often performed in concerts and, by the age of years, became his favorite pianists, gained fame as an excellent piano teacher. In the same time, Gurilev composed a lot and enthusiastically, mainly vocal and piano music. His works became popular, they were performed in concerts, in the houses of citizens of different classes.
A serious illness overtook the composer at the time of the heyday and the maturity of his talent. For almost ten years he was chained to the hospital bed about his death, which came on September 11, almost no one knew. Only a few days later the unknown author informed in a newspaper necrogue about the death of a talented musician. Gurilev’s music sounds today.These are the songs “Do not make noise, rye”, “sadness of the girl”, “sundress”, “fortune -telling”, “guess, my dear”, processing of folk melodies - “not one in the field of the road”, “Lucinushka”, “how fog fell”, as well as piano plays.
Among the lyrical household romance and songs Gurilev are excellent samples of a new type. These are dramatic monologues-stories about a bitter personal fate-"separation", "heart-toy"; Monologues-thoughts-"both boring and sad", "excuse" for M.'s verses Lermontov; Monologue-Elegy "You do not understand my sadness"; The excited expression of the moment of creative inspiration-"internal music" to N.'s poems in music, the complete sincere feeling and deep soulfulness of Gurilev-the singer-lyricist-sensitively expressed the cherished aspirations of his contemporaries.