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== Career ==
== Career ==
Fridlender was born in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref name="Alekseev">{{cite book|last=Alekseev|first=Veniamin|others=Institute of history and archeology. The Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Department|title=Uralskaja istoricheskaja enciklopedija |script-title = ru:Уральская историческая энциклопедия | trans-title = Ural Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqhXAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Publishing House Yekaterinburg|language=Russian|page=566}}</ref><ref name="proza">{{cite web|url=http://www.proza.ru/2014/01/24/2299|title=Александр Фридлендер - дирижёр и композитор|publisher=Proza.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> He studied at the Leningrad Central Music College (1925-1929) and graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg Conservatory|Leningrad Conservatory]] in 1933.<ref name="Alekseev"/> He then worked as the conductor of the Voronezh Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1934-1935, the [[Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater]] (1936). After that he moved to [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]]. He spent the rest of his life there.<ref name="proza"/> Fridlender conducted the orchestra of the [[Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall]] (1939-1941, 1947-1974)<ref name="Alekseev"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uralconsv.org/istoriia/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich-1906-1990|title=Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич (1906-1990)|publisher=the [[Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire]]|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> and the [[Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre|State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre]] (1943-1947). He tought at the [[Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire]]. He composed several [[opera]]s, instrumental music such as [[Suite (music)|suite]]s, music for plays, songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vrnguide.ru/bio-dic/f/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich.html|title=Biographical dictionary|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
Fridlender was born in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref name="Alekseev">{{cite book|last=Alekseev|first=Veniamin|others=Institute of history and archeology. The Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Department|title=Uralskaja istoricheskaja enciklopedija |script-title = ru:Уральская историческая энциклопедия | trans-title = Ural Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqhXAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Publishing House Yekaterinburg|language=Russian|page=566}}</ref><ref name="proza">{{cite web|url=http://www.proza.ru/2014/01/24/2299|title=Александр Фридлендер - дирижёр и композитор|publisher=Proza.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> He studied at the Leningrad Central Music College (1925-1929) and graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg Conservatory|Leningrad Conservatory]] in 1933.<ref name="Alekseev"/> He then worked as the conductor of the Voronezh Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1934-1935, the [[Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater]] (1936). After that he moved to [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]]. He spent the rest of his life there.<ref name="proza"/> Fridlender conducted the orchestra of the [[Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall]] (1939-1941, 1947-1974)<ref name="Alekseev"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uralconsv.org/istoriia/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich-1906-1990|title=Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич (1906-1990)|publisher=the [[Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire]]|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> and the [[Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre|State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre]] (1943-1947). He taught at the [[Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire]]. He composed several [[opera]]s, instrumental music such as [[Suite (music)|suite]]s, music for plays, songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vrnguide.ru/bio-dic/f/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich.html|title=Biographical dictionary|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>


== Selected compositions==
== Selected compositions==
* 1941: ''The Mountain Fairy Tale'' ({{lang-rus|Горная сказка|Gornaja skazka|links=no}}), a ballet based on "[[The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (fairy tale)|The Mistress of the Copper Mountain]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sokomso.ru/members/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich|title=Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич |trans-title = Fridlender Alexander Grigoryevitch|publisher=The Union of Composers of Sverdlovsk Oblast|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
* 1941: ''The Mountain Fairy Tale'' ({{lang-rus|Горная сказка|Gornaja skazka|links=no}}), a ballet based on "[[The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (fairy tale)|The Mistress of the Copper Mountain]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sokomso.ru/members/fridlender-aleksandr-grigorevich|title=Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич |trans-title = Fridlender Alexander Grigoryevitch|publisher=The Union of Composers of Sverdlovsk Oblast|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
* 1944: ''[[The Stone Flower (Fridlender)|The Stone Flower]]'', a ballet based on the story of the same name.
* 1944: ''[[The Stone Flower (Fridlender)|The Stone Flower]]'', a ballet based on the story of the same name.
* 1958: ''Without a Dowry'' ({{lang-rus|Бесприданница|Bespridannitsa|links=no}}), a ballet based on [[Without a Dowry|the play of the same name]].
* 1958: ''Without a Dowry'' ({{lang-rus|Бесприданница|Bespridannitsa|links=no}}), a ballet based on [[Without a Dowry|the play of the same name]].<ref>http://gallery-mt.narod.ru/pages-ballets/balet_b1.html</ref>
* 1962: ''Snow'' ({{lang-rus|Снег|Sneg|links=no}}), a ballet
* 1962: ''Snow'' ({{lang-rus|Снег|Sneg|links=no}}), a ballet
* 1966: ''Zoya'' ({{lang-rus|Зоя|links=no}}), a choreographic poem
* 1966: ''Zoya'' ({{lang-rus|Зоя|links=no}}), a choreographic poem

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Alexander Grigoryevitch Fridlender (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Фридлендер; 2/15 July 1906 – 13 September 1980) was a Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, Professor at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire.[1]

Career

Fridlender was born in Saint Petersburg.[2][3] He studied at the Leningrad Central Music College (1925-1929) and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in 1933.[2] He then worked as the conductor of the Voronezh Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1934-1935, the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater (1936). After that he moved to Sverdlovsk. He spent the rest of his life there.[3] Fridlender conducted the orchestra of the Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall (1939-1941, 1947-1974)[2][4] and the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (1943-1947). He taught at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire. He composed several operas, instrumental music such as suites, music for plays, songs.[5]

Selected compositions

  • 1941: The Mountain Fairy Tale (Russian: Горная сказка, romanized: Gornaja skazka), a ballet based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain".[6]
  • 1944: The Stone Flower, a ballet based on the story of the same name.
  • 1958: Without a Dowry (Russian: Бесприданница, romanized: Bespridannitsa), a ballet based on the play of the same name.[7]
  • 1962: Snow (Russian: Снег, romanized: Sneg), a ballet
  • 1966: Zoya (Russian: Зоя), a choreographic poem
  • 1967: Petersburgers (Russian: Питерцы, romanized: Pitertsy), a opera based on the poem by Olga Bergholz.
  • 1970: The Cake in the Sky (Russian: Торт в небе, romanized: Tort v nebe), a comedy opera based on the story by Gianni Rodari La torta in cielo.
  • 1977: Lieutenant Lermontov (Russian: Поручик Лермонтов, romanized: Poruchik Lermontov), a choreographic poem

References

  1. ^ "Памятная дата из истории края". Calendar of events (in Russian). Sverdlovsk Regional Research Library of V. G. Belinsky. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Alekseev, Veniamin (1998). Uralskaja istoricheskaja enciklopedija Уральская историческая энциклопедия [Ural Historical Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Institute of history and archeology. The Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Department. Publishing House Yekaterinburg. p. 566.
  3. ^ a b "Александр Фридлендер - дирижёр и композитор" (in Russian). Proza.ru. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич (1906-1990)" (in Russian). the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Biographical dictionary" (in Russian). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич" [Fridlender Alexander Grigoryevitch] (in Russian). The Union of Composers of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ^ http://gallery-mt.narod.ru/pages-ballets/balet_b1.html


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