Boris Krasin (composer)
Boris Borisovich Krasin (3 (15) April 1884, Tyumen–21 June 1936) was a Russian musician who was politically active in Proletkult and the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians.[1]
Early life
[edit]Boris was the fifth and youngest son of Boris Ivanovich Krasin, chief of police in Tyumen. Leonid Krasin was one of his brothers.[2]
Musical career
[edit]Krasin was head of the Moscow Proletkult's Music Department in which capacity he claimed that the music provided in restaurants and cabarets was anti-art.[1]
He was one of the founders of the Union of Composers in 1932. He joined Alexei Ogolevets to found the Autonomous Research Section (ANTES) of this organisation in Moscow, which played a major role in the research and development of electronic musical instruments.[3]
He set poems to music such as Andrei Bely's "Чающие" (Tea Lovers),[4] "Одиночество" (Loneliness)[5] and "Осень" (Autumn).[6]
He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.[7]
Texts
[edit]- 1920 "С чего и как начинать работу в области музыкального искусства" (Where and how to start working in the field of musical art) Proletarskaya Kul'tura, No.17-19, August – December, 1920
References
[edit]- ^ a b Edmunds, Neil (2000). "Music and Politics: The Case of the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians". The Slavonic and East European Review. 78 (1): 66–89. ISSN 0037-6795. JSTOR 4213008.
- ^ "КРАСИН в энциклопедии музыки". www.musenc.ru. Источник: Музыкальная энциклопедия. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Arseny Avraamov". monoskop.org. Monoskop. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Чающие". www.lieder.net. LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Одиночество". www.lieder.net. Lieder Net Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Осень". www.lieder.net. Lieder Net Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Борис Борисович Красин 1884 - 1936 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. BillionGraves Holdings. Retrieved 12 November 2021.