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Stepan Anikiyevich Degtyarev or Degtyatryov (Russian: Степан Аникиевич Дегтярёв; 1766 – 5 May 1813), was a Russian composer.[1] Born into a serf family, he stood out among other serf composers.[1] He was most famous for his nationalistic Russian choral music.
His oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow (1811) concerned the 1612 liberation of Moscow from Polish occupation during the Time of Troubles interregnum by the Second Zemschina Army led by Kuzma Minin-Sukhoruk, a fishmonger, and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.
Works, editions and recordings
[edit]Works
- Oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow «Минин и Пожарский, или освобождение Москвы» 1811
Recordings
- Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow, Conductor Sergei Skripka, The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Melodiya 1990 (2CD)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Ritzarev 2017, p. 264.
Sources
[edit]- . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
- Ritzarev, Marina (5 July 2017). Eighteenth-Century Russian Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-56860-9.
External links
[edit]- Book on Degtiarev
- Free scores by Stepan Degtyarev in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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