Vladimir Blok
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Blok ' onMouseout='HidePop("22137")' href="/topics/Moscow">Moscow
- 28 August 1996, Moscow
) was a Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator of the works of Prokofiev, of Udmurt
ethnicity.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- 28 August 1996, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was a Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator of the works of Prokofiev, of Udmurt
Udmurt
Udmurt may refer to:*Udmurt people, people who speak the Udmurt language*Udmurt language, a Finno-Ugric language*Udmurt Republic, a federal republic of Russia*Udmurt Autonomous Oblast, an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union...
ethnicity.
- V.M. Blok is to be distinguished from the Russian theatre critic Vladimir Borisovich Blok (b. 22 June 1918)
Completions
- completion of the Prokofiev Andante for solo cello.
- orchestration of the Prokofiev Concertino, commissioned by Steven IsserlisSteven IsserlisSteven Isserlis CBE is a British cellist. He is distinguished for his diverse repertoire, distinctive sound and total command of phrasing. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and was much influenced by the great iconoclast of Russian cello playing, Daniil Shafran...
Publications
- Prokofiev's works for cello - Виолончельное творчество Прокофьева. Muzika, 1973.
- Sergei Prokofiev: materials articles interviews (Russian edition: Сергей Прокофьев: материалы, статьи, интервью). Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1978.