Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova
Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1909 |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, pianist |
Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (born 1909) was a pianist, conductor, and composer who was born in Darmstadt, Germany, and lived most of her life in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.[1] Ziberova moved to Rostov-on-Don in 1925, where she attended music school and studied piano with A. Alper, graduating in 1928. She worked as a pianist in nightclubs from 1925 to 1929. Ziberova studied composition with N. Heifetz, I. Gottweiter, and E. Broomberg in 1931. From 1929 to 1941, she conducted and directed amateur theatrical productions, and participated in local government.[2]
Works
Her compositions include:[3]
Ballet
- Buratino (1959)
Chamber
- Nocturne (1946)
- Plyasovaya (1946)
Operetta
- Kot v sapogakh
Orchestra
- Rodnoi gorod, march (for wind orchestra; 1941)
- Tam gole shli boi (symphonic poem; 1950)
Theatre
Ziberova composed approximately 150 pieces for theatre, including:
- Aull Gidzhe (Shestakov; 1930)
- Ignoramus (D. Fonvizin; 1933)
- The Misanthrope (Molière; 1934)
- William Tell (Schiller; 1935)
Vocal
Ziberova arranged many folksongs and composed over 120 original songs, including:
- Osvobozhdennomu gorodu (E. Shirman; 1941)
- Zhdi menya (K. Simonov; 1941)
- Don (A. Pushkin; 1940)
- Eleven songs (V. Shak; 1948-1953)
- Lesnaya tropa, cycle of 12 songs (A. Olenicha-Gneneko; 1952)
- Marsh studentov (E. Zinovev; 1949)
- Pesnaya o Lenine (D. Althausen; 1952)
References
- ^ McVicker, M. F. (2016). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. USA: McFarland Incorporated. pp. 161–162. ISBN 9780786495139. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Hennessee, D. A.; Hixon, D. L. (1993). Women in Music: An Encyclopedic Biobibliography. United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 1198. ISBN 9780810827691. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composer (second ed.). USA: Books & Music. p. 778. ISBN 0961748516. Retrieved 10 May 2020.