Editing Boris Asafyev

{{Short description|Soviet Russian composer and musicologist}}
{{family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Asafyev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = Boris Asafyev
| native_name_lang   = ru
| native_name        = {{nobold|Борис Асафьев}}
| image              = [[File:1984 CPA 5528.jpg|200px]]
| alt                = 
| caption            = Asafyev on a 1984 stamp
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=y|1884|7|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Saint Petersburg]], Russian Empire
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|1949|1|27|1884|7|29}}
| death_place        = [[Moscow]], Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| nationality        = 
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = Composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic 
}}

[[File:Могила композитора Бориса Асафьева.JPG|thumb|Gravestone of Asafiev at the Novodevichy Cemetery]]

'''Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev'''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Борис Владимирович Асафьев|{{transliteration|ru|Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev}}}}}} ({{OldStyleDate|29 July|1884|17 July}}{{spaced ndash}}27 January 1949; also known by [[pseudonym]] '''Igor Glebov'''){{efn|{{langx|ru|Игорь Глебов|{{transliteration|ru|Igor Glebov}}}}}} was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet [[musicology]]. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=BORIS VLADIMIROVICH ASAFIEV|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Boris_Vladimirovich_Asafiev/51629.htm|publisher=Naxos|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>

Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions included [[ballet (music)|ballets]], operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets included ''[[Flames of Paris]]'', based on the [[French Revolution]], and ''[[The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (ballet)|The Fountain of Bakhchisarai]]'', which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg|St.&nbsp;Petersburg]] in 2006.

His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, included ''The Book about Stravinsky'' and ''Glinka'' (for which he was awarded the [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1948).

==Selected works==
[[File:Asafiev plaque.JPG|thumb|Plaque in Truda Square, Saint Petersburg, dedicated to Asafyev.]]
;Opera
* ''The Cashier's Wife''
* ''Minin and Pozharsky''
* ''The Girl without a Dowry''

;Ballets
* ''The Fairy Gift'' (1910)
* ''White Lily'' (1911)
* ''[[Flames of Paris]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (ballet)|The Fountain of Bakhchisarai]]'' (1936)
* ''The Prisoner of the Caucasus'' (1938)
* ''The Rustic Lady''
* ''The Stone Guest'' (1946)

;Orchestra
* 5 Symphonies
* Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1939)
* Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (1939)
* Concerto for piano and orchestra (1939)

;Chamber music
* String Quartet (1940)
* Sonata for viola solo (1938)
* Sonata for cello and piano (1935)
* Sonata for trumpet and piano (1939)
* Sonatina for oboe and piano (1939)
* ''Variations'' for horn and piano (1940)

==See also==
*[[:Category:Ballets by Boris Asafyev]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite thesis |degree=PhD| author=Viljanen, Elina | title=The Problem of the Modern and Tradition: Early Soviet Musical Culture and the Musicological Theory of Boris Asafiev (1884–1949) | series=Acta Semiotica Fennica. Approaches to Musical Semiotics, 23 | location=Helsinki | publisher=Suomen Semiotiikan Seura | year=2017 | issn=1235-497X | isbn=978-952-68257-7-9}}
**{{cite journal |title=The Problem of the Modern and Tradition: Early Soviet Musical Culture and the Musicological Theory of Boris Asafiev (1884 - 1949) |website=Digital Repository of the University of Helsinki |date=28 January 2017 |type=Repository record |url=http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-68257-7-9|last1=Viljanen |first1=Elina }}

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