Viktor Arkadyevich Bely
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Viktor Arkadyevich Bely, also Viktor Aronovich Bely, ' onMouseout='HidePop("13164")' href="/topics/Berdychiv">Berdychiv
Berdychiv
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 – 1983) was a Russian composer
Composer
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 and social activist. In 1929 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
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 and later taught on the faculty of that school from 1935–1948. In 1939 he became a member of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1952 and was named an honored artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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 in 1956. In 1980 he was endowed with the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR
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.

Selected works

Chamber music
  • Poème (Поэма) for viola and piano (1921)
  • Sonata for violin and piano (1953)


Piano
  • Variations (Вариации) (1921)
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1923)
  • 2 Fugues (2 фуги) (1925)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1926)
  • Lyrical Sonatina (Лирическая сонатина) (1928)
  • 3 Miniatures on Bashkortostan
    Bashkortostan
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    i Themes
    (3 миниатюры на башк. темы) (1939)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1941)
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1946)
  • 16 Preludes on Soviet Melodies (16 прелюдий на мелодии народов СССР) (1947)
  • 5 Pieces on Belarus
    Belarus
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    sian Folk Themes
    (5 пьес на белорусских народные темы) (1950)
  • 4 Pieces on Tajikistan
    Tajikistan
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    i Themes
    (4 пьесы на таджикистана темы) (1955)
  • 10 Pieces for Children (10 детских пьес) (1967)
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