Music Lyadov Biography

The founder of the dynasty for a long time was considered the grandfather of Anatoly, the violinist and conductor Nikolai Grigoryevich Lyadov, but the recent discoveries of the researcher of the Lyadov dynasty, I. Prokhorov, allowed us to establish that the great -grandfather of A. Lyadov was the first musician in the Lyadov family, and the father of A. Lyadov was the ballet artist and teacher Andrey, who was discovered by I.

Prokhorov. Nikiforovich Serkov approx. I. Prokhorov told about these discoveries in his report at the scientific conference "The History of Russian Culture in Archival Documents" G. Father Anatoly, Konstantin Nikolaevich Lyadov, was the capester of the orchestra of the Imperial Russian Opera, as well as the composer. Mother - Ekaterina Andreevna, nee Antipova - died when the boy was about six years old.

From childhood, Anatoly was surrounded by music, his musical abilities and his father’s social position predetermined the direction of his upbringing, and in the year he was admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory with a free student for a scholarship named after his father. At the conservatory, Lyadov studied for some time on the violin and piano, in the class of practical composition he began to study with N.

Rimsky-Korsakov, but for the misses of classes in the year he was expelled from the conservatory for some time, although he was soon accepted back. It was in the year that Lyadov ended his first piano composition - “turquoil”. In May, the artistic council of the conservatory Lyadov was awarded a diploma of a free artist and a small silver medal, with the issuance of an exam from scientific objects that, however, Lyadov did not pass.

In September of the same year, Lyadov was invited to the conservatory as a teacher of music theory. He was engaged in pedagogical activity until the last years of his life among his most famous students - Sergey Prokofiev, Nikolai Myskovsky, Vladimir Shcherbachev, Mikhail Gnesin, Boris Asafiev, Nikolai Malko; In accordance with the recently discovered documents, in Lyadov’s class according to solfeggio and elementary theory, Sergey Rachmaninov was engaged in.

At the same time, the conductor's career also began, although Ladov did not get up for the remote control. Since the year, the composer took part in the activities of the St. Petersburg musical circle of amateurs as a conductor of the orchestra and choir in this circle on the alt was played by Mitrofan Belyaev, the philanthropist, the impresario and the publisher, who soon became one of the closest people to Lyadov.

Soon, children were born in the family: Michael - in the year, Vladimir - in M ​​died during the Leningrad blockade in the m year. By the end of the X - the beginning of the x years, Lyadov took a very honorable place in the Russian musical world, enjoyed respect from the part of not only composers of the “mighty pile” with whom he was close, but also from its critics, as well as other Russian musicians - A.

Rubinstein, P. Tchaikovsky, S. S. Mitrofan Belyaev, they were taken by very warm friendly relations and mutual relations and mutual relations and mutual relations respect. Lyadov, along with N. Rimsky-Korsakov and A. Glazunov, was one of Belyaev’s main musical consultants. Belyaev provided great moral support to Lyadov, published his works, and after the death of Belyaev in the year, the composer received a pension, which became some help for him.

By the end of the x, Lyadov’s life was in a very definite way with small changes, it remained so until his death - in winter he taught at the conservatory, sometimes conducted concerts, and was engaged in composing only in his free time, which was not so many. In the summer with the Lyadov family, he lived in the estate of Polovka of the Borovichi district of the Novgorod province.

Among Lyadov’s favorite hobbies was the reading of books - not only Russian and foreign fiction, but also scientific works on natural science, philosophy, letters, memories, biographies. In the summer of the year, the composer began to experience unbearable pains - these were the first symptoms of his illness - myocarditis and sclerosis of the vessels, as well as kidney disease.

A cautious lifestyle was registered to Lyadov, and the composer became almost a hermit in his apartment, only occasionally visiting the conservatory. Twice he went for treatment to Kislovodsk. Lyadov’s great shocks that finally broke the health of Lyadov was the unexpected death of a close friend of Vladimir Avdeev in January, and wilting to the army of the eldest son Mikhail in the summer of the same year.

In the last days, the composer did not eat anything, did not sleep, suffered very much from the heartbeat, but did not lie down, but was sitting in an armchair. At about seven o'clock in the evening of the year of August, Anatoly Konstantinovich did not become among the entire musical heritage of the composer of 67 numbered opus and about two dozen unnecessary, the works for the piano are approximately two -thirds of the total number of essays.

Lyadov also wrote symphonic works, vocal music, he made the processing of Russian folk songs. But still, the number of works created by Lyadov is less than that of many other composers. The reason for such low productivity lies with respect to Lyadov to art, to music.Here we would like to refute the legend of Lyadov’s laziness. This legend appeared during the composer’s life, and then multiplied in numerous publications up to the present day, including in reviews of compact disks and even in annotations to CDs.

Such an opinion about Lyadov comes from a misunderstanding of how Lyadov composed. He was definitely not a lazy person, and his everyday for many years! When earning a living with lessons, Lyadov rejected any attempts to material support from his friend, Mitrofan Belyaev, who wanted Lyadov to leave teaching and focus on the composition. But in order to compose, Lyadov had to be free from any material obligations!

In his letter to Belyaeva, Lyadov wrote: “My dear, dear Mitrofan! .. I have a big request to you: my dear, be a real friend, the device somehow so that I have not had to talk about money with you - for me this is such a terrible torment! Pay for my works what you want, I still agree for everything: please do not pay me anymore than others the real reason for the composer’s low productivity - with respect to Lyadov to musical art.

He himself left the following lines in the letters: “How not to adore, not to bow to art? Only art aroused in the animals of people, and people pointed to “spirit” and “sky”; “My ideal: to find unearthly art”; “The whole point is in art, the whole point is in the victory of the“ spirit ”over the“ belly ”, the whole essence is in the recognition of“ beauty ”as the only queen of the whole world.” Real friends Lyadov knew about such an attitude.

So, Belyaev wrote to him: “Dear and the best of my friends Tolya! I value you high for your perfect views on art. ” According to Viktor Walter, "the art was the most sacred of all the existing beauty in general and musical beauty, in particular, were for the Lyads that deity that made sense, and, moreover, the only one, all his life Lyadov could do only by internal needs." Carefully studying Lyadov’s music, you understand with what care, accuracy and attention to every detail and every note they are created.

In each opus of Lyadov, we see strict purity of work. Lyadov himself wrote about himself in one of the letters: "This is the" CARACTER ": to do so that every beat is pleasing." Of course, with this attitude of Lyadov to music and the process of essay, which required a lot of time to create a finished work, the number of created by the composer is not so large. It should be noted that almost all Lyadov’s works have initiations - teachers and colleagues, close friends and relatives.

The composer admitted: “And I introduced myself to me: Well, if those who I love or who love me die? Well, why will I compose then? It was very important for Lyadov to address music to specific listeners whom he loved and respected. But then we can now get acquainted with real masterpieces. The Lyadov Music Society. All Rights Reserved.