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Pyotr Shchurovsky

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Pyotr Shchurovsky
Пётр Щуровский
Born12 February [O.S. 24 February] 1850
Died14 September [O.S. 27 September] 1908 (aged 58)
Burial placeVsehsvyatskoe Cemetery [ru], Tula, Russia.
NationalityRussian Empire
Alma materMoscow Conservatory
Occupation(s)Writer, composer, musician
Known forComposing the music for Sansoen Phra Barami
SpouseVera Ivanovny[1]

Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky[a] (Russian: Пётр Андреевич Щуровский; 12/24 February 1850 – 14/27 September 1908) was a Ukrainian composer known for composing the music of Sansoen Phra Barami.

Life

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Shchurovsky was born on 12 February 1850,[2] in Zolotonoshsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate into a noble family. He spent his early life in Moscow and was interested in instruments and music when he was young. He studied piano and music theory at the Moscow Conservatory, whose director at the time was Nikolai Rubinstein. During that time he also befriended Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, regularly sending letters to each other.[3] After finishing, he began conducting at the Imperial Theatres in Moscow and organised concerts and musical lectures.[4][5]

In 1870, he became an opera band leader in Kharkiv. Later, he became the head of the Bolshoi Theatre, one of the most famous music theatres in Russia but then resigned to continue giving lectures on music. He dedicated his romance "To You, My Friend" to his long-time friend, Pavel A. Khokhlov, a famous Bolshoi Theatre soloist and baritone[6] in Russia.

In 1888,[7][8] he composed the music to Sansoen Phra Barami which would later become the de facto national anthem of Siam until 1932, where it is now used as the current royal anthem of Thailand.

In 1889, he moved to a farmstead in Shchigrovsky Uyezd, Kursk Governorate where his wife Vera Ivanovny (née Ofrosimova) owned an estate.

Shchurovsky sometimes translates works about music. Shchurovsky wrote a book about musical instructions and in 1890, he gathered different national anthems and published them as a book, titled "Сборник национальных гимнов всех государств света" (Collection of national anthems of all countries of the world)[9]

Shchurovsky died on 14 September [O.S. 27 September] 1908 in Kursk.[10][11] He is buried in the Vsehsvyatskoe Cemetery [ru], Tula.[1]

Works

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Shchurovsky's works are mostly full of romances and music to poems:

  • Моя баловница
  • Богдан Хмельницкий
  • Ночная дума
  • Песнь Гассана
  • Тебе мой друг
  • Sansoen Phra Barami
  • Ангел смерти
  • Где твоё личико смуглое
  • И моя звёздочка
  • Когда печаль слезой невольной
  • Летняя песня
  • Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen
  • Мать в сердцах меня журила
  • Моя баловница
  • Не долго длились наши встречи
  • Не ошиблася ты
  • О, пойми, что любовь обладает
  • Острою секирой
  • Первая любовь
  • Помнишь ли, милый
  • Речная Лилея
  • Романс Нины
  • Saphire sind die Augen dein
  • Сирота
  • Совет девушке
  • Только до слуха коснётся
  • Убаюкай, родная, больную меня
  • Вверху одна горит звезда
  • Желания
  • Желание
  • Желанья
  • Зимний вечер
  • Звезда, не обмани[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sometimes romanized as Pyotr Andreevich Schurovsky

References

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  1. ^ a b "ЩУРОВСКИЙ, Пётр Андреевич". mke.su. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  2. ^ "ФЭБ: Лермонтов в музыке: Справочник. — 1983 (текст)". feb-web.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  3. ^ "Letter 348 - Tchaikovsky Research". en.tchaikovsky-research.net. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  4. ^ "Pyotr Shchurovsky - Tchaikovsky Research". en.tchaikovsky-research.net. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  5. ^ "Курск. Гордость земли курской. П. А. ЩУРОВСКИЙ". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  6. ^ "Portrait of Pavel Khokhlov as Eugene Onegin in P. Tchaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin"". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  7. ^ Khotchayut, Lōētchāi (1995). ไทยลูกทุ่ง: ชีวิตและงานเพลงอมตะของเหล่าปรมาจารย์ ราชันและราชินีลูกทุ่ง (in Thai). Samnakphim Matichon. ISBN 978-974-7115-18-5.
  8. ^ Čharœ̄nsuk, Sukrī (1987). 99 ปีเพลงสรรเสริญพระบารมี (in Thai). Phāk Wichā Dontrī, Witthayālai Khrū Bān Somdet Čhaophrayā. ISBN 978-974-7443-27-1.
  9. ^ Сборник национальных гимнов всех государств света - Сост. П. Щуровским; С предисл (in Russian). 1890.
  10. ^ "38547267". viaf.org. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  11. ^ "Zemlaki / Shurovsky".
  12. ^ "Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2024-06-03.