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Inna Zhvanetskaya
Birth nameInna Abramovna Zhvanetskaya
Born (1937-01-20) 20 January 1937 (age 87)
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationComposer
Musical artist

Composer Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaya was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on 20 January 1937 or 20 January 1939. She studied composition under Nikolay Peyko at the Gnessin School where she graduated in 1964.  She taught piano and in 1965 became a lecturer in score-reading and instrumentation at the Gnessin School (today the Gnessin State Musical College).

Work

Zhvanetskaya's compositions include:

Chamber

  • Burlesque (violin and piano; 1959)
  • Five Dance Pieces for Children (two cellos; 2007)
  • La Bale (viola and piano; 2015)
  • Memories of the Composer Alfred Schnittke (solo cello)
  • Six Pieces (wind quintet; 1969)
  • Violin Sonata (1976)
  • Splinters of Childhood (solo violin)
  • String Quartet (1962)
  • Variations on a Jewish Theme (two violins)

Orchestral

  • Double Bass Concerto (with piano reduction; 1978)
  • Overture (1963)
  • Piano Concerto
  • Suite (string orchestra; 1965)

Piano

  • Partita (1966)
  • Polyphonic Fantasy (1962)
  • Toccata (1961)
  • Variations on a Theme of Brahms (1958)

Vocal

  • Cycle (words by A. Izaakian; voice and piano; 1960)
  • From Medieval Hebrew Poetry (1998)
  • Loud Songs of Anna Akhmatova
  • Romances (words by V. Bryusov and other unspecified poets)
  • Yanvarski Stroki (words by S. Smirnov; voice and piano; 1968)
  • Zemiyai! (words by Tvorenye-Cholovek; chorus and orchestra; 1972)

References

  1. "Жванецкая, Инна Абрамовна | Кто такой Жванецкая, Инна Абрамовна?".
  2. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. p. 778. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Ruslania - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. ^ "Zhvanetskaya, Inna - listen online, download, sheet music". classical-music-online.net. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. "Inna Zhvanetskaya - Classical Archives". www.classicalarchives.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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