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| '''Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky''' (] - ], ]) was a ]n ] of the ] period. He was an expert in ] and ]s, but is best known for his musical career. He was a professor at the ], as well as artistic director of the ]. In these capacities he was an active promoter of ]'s music in the Soviet Union. From ] he was a close friend of ]. In the wake of Shostakovich's first denunciation in 1936, Sollertinsky was called, "the ] of formalism" by ]. <ref>Glikman, p. 220</ref> Shostakovich dedicated his ] to the memory of Sollertinsky, who had died in ] a month after its completion. | '''Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky''' (] - ], ]) was a ]n ] of the ] period. He was an expert in ] and ]s, but is best known for his musical career. He was a professor at the ], as well as artistic director of the ]. In these capacities he was an active promoter of ]'s music in the Soviet Union. From ] he was a close friend of ]. In the wake of Shostakovich's first denunciation in 1936, Sollertinsky was called, "the ] of formalism" by ]. <ref>Glikman, p. 220</ref> Shostakovich dedicated his ] to the memory of Sollertinsky, who had died in ] a month after its completion. | ||
| Sollertinsky was reportedly Jewish, and on his trips to western Europe he obtained scores by western European composers, including leading Jewish writers such as Křenek and Weill. He reportedly was given a photostat of the Mahler Tenth from Alma which Dmitri considered completing. Thus it is not surprising that Dmitri's first use of overtly klezmer music is in the tragic finale of the Trio Op. 67. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky (1902 - February 11, 1944) was a Russian polymath of the Soviet period. He was an expert in theatre and Romance languages, but is best known for his musical career. He was a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory, as well as artistic director of the Leningrad Philharmonic. In these capacities he was an active promoter of Mahler's music in the Soviet Union. From 1927 he was a close friend of Dmitri Shostakovich. In the wake of Shostakovich's first denunciation in 1936, Sollertinsky was called, "the troubadour of formalism" by Pravda. Shostakovich dedicated his Second Piano Trio to the memory of Sollertinsky, who had died in Novosibirsk a month after its completion.
Sollertinsky was reportedly Jewish, and on his trips to western Europe he obtained scores by western European composers, including leading Jewish writers such as Křenek and Weill. He reportedly was given a photostat of the Mahler Tenth from Alma which Dmitri considered completing. Thus it is not surprising that Dmitri's first use of overtly klezmer music is in the tragic finale of the Trio Op. 67.
References
- Shostakovich, Dmitri and Glikman, Isaak (2001). Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman. Cornell Univ Press. ISBN 0-8014-3979-5.
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- Glikman, p. 220