Tamara Shaverzashvili

Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili (Georgian: თამარ შავერზაშვილი; 14 October 1891 – 18 September 1955) was a Georgian composer,^[1] pianist, and teacher^[2] who composed many children's songs and received an Honored Worker in Art award. She published her music under the name Tamara Shaverzashvili.^[3]

Shaverzashvili was born in Kutaisi. She graduated from the Tiflis Music School, where she studied piano and composition with Vladimir Shcherbachov and Iona Tuskia. Later, she studied with Pyotr Ryazanov.^[3]

Shaverzashvili taught piano privately, and from 1935 to 1938, lived in Tbilisi and taught at the Z. Paliashvili Central Music School. In 1938, she began teaching at the Tbilisi Conservatory and during her tenure there was awarded the Honored Worker in Art award in 1946.^[3] Baritone David Gamrekeli and pianist T. Dunenko recorded at least one of her songs commercially in 1938.^[4]

Shaverzashvili's compositions included:

Chamber[edit]

String Quartet^[3]
Suite (cello and piano; 1949)^[3]
Suite (for winds; 1938)^[5]

Orchestra[edit]

Suite (1935)^[3]
Twelve Pieces from Children's Suite^[3]
Two Marches^[3]

Piano[edit]

Children’s Album (40 pieces; 1946)^[3]
Nocturne^[6]
Pastorale^[3]
Polyphonic Suite^[3]
Spinning Wheel^[7]
Twenty Children’s Pieces (1952)^[3]

Theater[edit]

Spring^[3]
Spring and Summer^[3]

Vocal[edit]

Fifty Songs for School Children (1923-1929)^[3]
“My Sadness” (text by Alexander Chavchavadze)^[4]
“Pesni Gor”^[3]
“Regret” (text by Ioseb Grishashvili)^[3]
Twelve Children’s Songs (1925)^[3]
Two Lullabies^[3]

External links[edit]

Hear Nocturne by Tamara Shaverzashvili

References[edit]

^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
^ ^a ^b "My Sadness, song". Мир русской грамзаписи. The World of Russian Records. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
^ Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
^ Tamara Shaverzashvili: Nocturne, retrieved 2022-07-11
^ pravam, Vsesoi︠u︡znoe agentstvo po avtorskim (1974). Soviet Music 1974: Annotated Reference Catalogue. V.A.A.P.

[1] Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

[2] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[:0-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.

[:1-4] "My Sadness, song". Мир русской грамзаписи. The World of Russian Records. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[5] Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.

[6] Tamara Shaverzashvili: Nocturne, retrieved 2022-07-11

[7] ravam, Vsesoi︠u︡znoe agentstvo po avtorskim (1974). Soviet Music 1974: Annotated Reference Catalogue. V.A.A.P.

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