Question

Срочно,короткая биография про Leo(Levko) Revutskiy. На английском языке.

Answer 1

Ukrainian composer, teacher, public figure

Born February 20, 1889 in the village. Irzhavets Chernihiv region. Brother Dr. M. Revutskiy. Music education in Kyiv Lysenko music school (1906-1908) and the Kiev Conservatory (1916). He graduated from the Faculty of Law and the University of Kiev. Since 1924 - the teaching in the Kiev Conservatory (theory of composition); 1944 - head of composition, music theory and history of the Tashkent Conservatory. Since 1944 working again at the Kiev Conservatory. Among his pupils - I. Akbarov, V. Homolyaka, M. Dremlyuga, G. Zhukovsky V. Kyreyko, G. and P. Mai beard, A. Svyechnykov, Alexander Filipenko. Since 1932 - a member of the Union of Composers of the USSR, from 1944 - its chairman from 1948 - a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. In his musical creativity was based on national folklore. A composer's style Revutskiy inherent optimistic, deep lyricism, epic breadth, melody, harmonic variety of colors.

His works; poem-cantata "kerchief" (1929, lyrics by T. Shevchenko), "Ode to Song" (the words of M. Rila), two symphonies, a concerto for piano and orchestra, piano works (choirs, songs, songs, arrangements of folk songs, Cycles "Cossack songs", "Sun", "Galician Songs"), amended Lysenko opera "Taras Bulba" (1937.1955). Musicological heritage published in his book "Lev Revutsky. Articles. Memories "(1989).

For achievements awarded the USSR State Prize (1941), USSR State Prize named. Shevchenko (1982, posthumously). People's Artist of the USSR in 1944, academician of the USSR since 1957, Doctor of Arts from 1941

AOR died in March 1977 in Kiev, Baikove buried in the cemetery.