Mykola Vilinsky
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Mykola Vilinsky (b. May 2, 1888, Holta
, Ananiev district, Russian Empire
d. September 7, 1956, Kiev
) was a Ukrainian composer and a professor at the Odessa
and Kiev Conservatories.
He was descended from a Ukrainian family of hereditary nobles. He was a cousin of musicologist Alexander Ossovsky
and singer Ksenia Derzhinskaia.
Vilinsky founded the Ballade genre of Ukrainian piano music. He was a student of Witold Maliszewski
at Odessa Conservatory, graduated in 1919. Before the Conservatory Vilinsky studied law at the Imperial Novorossiiski University (now Odessa University
), graduated in 1912. In 1926 Vilinsky was appointed as a professor at Odessa Conservatory. Professor at Kiev Conservatory since 1944.
Musicians such as Emil Gilels
, David Oistrakh
, and Yakov Zak
, among others, studied his classes on special harmony
and polyphony
.
M.Vilinsky composed symphonic suites, cantata, chamber music, virtuoso ballade for piano, piano miniatures, songs, arrangements for choir of Ukrainian, Russian, Moldavian folk songs. Mykola Vilinsky's students included Konstantyn Dankevych, Oleksandr Bilash
, Oscar Feltsman
, David Gershfeld, Anton Mucha.
His daughter, Irina Vilinskaia (1920-1986) was famous both in Ukraine and abroad as a professor of music who composed and published a number of books on vocalise
s and Ukrainian folk songs arrangements.
Holta
Holta is a farm in Strand municipality in Rogaland, Norway. The farm is situated on the northern hills overlooking Bjørheimsvatn Lake. It is approximately 10 kilometres from Stavanger, with a 14-kilometre journey by sea....
, Ananiev district, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
d. September 7, 1956, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) was a Ukrainian composer and a professor at the Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
and Kiev Conservatories.
He was descended from a Ukrainian family of hereditary nobles. He was a cousin of musicologist Alexander Ossovsky
Alexander Ossovsky
Alexander Vyacheslavovich Ossovsky , 1871 –July 31, 1957) was a renowned Russian musical writer, critic and musicologist, professor at Saint Petersburg Conservatory, pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and friend of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Siloti and Nikolai...
and singer Ksenia Derzhinskaia.
Vilinsky founded the Ballade genre of Ukrainian piano music. He was a student of Witold Maliszewski
Witold Maliszewski
Witold Maliszewski , was a Polish composer, first Rector and founder of Odessa Conservatory and professor at Warsaw Conservatory, pupil of N. Rimsky-Korsakov.- Biography :...
at Odessa Conservatory, graduated in 1919. Before the Conservatory Vilinsky studied law at the Imperial Novorossiiski University (now Odessa University
Odessa University
The I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University , located in Odessa, Ukraine, is one of the country's major universities. It was founded in 1865, by an edict of Czar Alexander II of Russia, reorganizing the Richelieu Lyceum of Odessa into the new Imperial Novorossiya University. In the Soviet...
), graduated in 1912. In 1926 Vilinsky was appointed as a professor at Odessa Conservatory. Professor at Kiev Conservatory since 1944.
Musicians such as Emil Gilels
Emil Gilels
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Soviet pianist, widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.His last name is sometimes transliterated Hilels.-Biography:...
, David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....
, and Yakov Zak
Yakov Zak
Yakov Izrailevich Zak , , Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, - Moscow, June 28, 1976) was a Soviet pianist and teacher of Jewish extraction.Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Maria Starkhova, took classes on special harmony with Mykola Vilinsky, and later studied with...
, among others, studied his classes on special harmony
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
and polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
.
M.Vilinsky composed symphonic suites, cantata, chamber music, virtuoso ballade for piano, piano miniatures, songs, arrangements for choir of Ukrainian, Russian, Moldavian folk songs. Mykola Vilinsky's students included Konstantyn Dankevych, Oleksandr Bilash
Oleksandr Bilash
Oleksandr Bilash was a renowned Ukrainian composer, the author of popular liric songs, ballads, operas, operettas, oratorios and music for films...
, Oscar Feltsman
Oscar Feltsman
Oscar Borisovich Feltsman is a Soviet/Russian composer, father of Vladimir Feltsman.- Biography :Son of Boris Osipovich Feltsman an orthopedic surgeon also played the piano professionally, Feltsman had musical training from the age of five; learning the violin as a pupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky and...
, David Gershfeld, Anton Mucha.
His daughter, Irina Vilinskaia (1920-1986) was famous both in Ukraine and abroad as a professor of music who composed and published a number of books on vocalise
Vocalise
A vocalise is a vocal exercise without words, which is sung on one or more vowel sounds.-In classical music:Vocalise dates back to the mid-18th century...
s and Ukrainian folk songs arrangements.
External links
- Mykola Vilinsky (see http://www.day.kiev.ua/200537 (in Russian language), http://www.day.kiev.ua/200574)
- Piano works by Mykola Vilinsky, performed by V. Ryzhkov (see http://rusfno.boom.ru/ht/VilinN.html)
- From Russia With Love, Michael Minsky Part: 2 - Mykola Vilinsky "Song About Karmaliuk" (No. 17) (see http://mp3.rhapsody.com/album/from-russia-with-love-michael-minsky-part-2/song-about-karmaliuk)
- Mykola Vilinsky, "Ballade in Forms of Variations" (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgjx2Ibv0pE)