Stanyslav Lyudkevych

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Name = Stanyslav Lyudkevych


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Born = OldStyleDate|December 24|1879|
Died = Death date and age|1979|09|10|1879|12|24
Origin = Yaroslav, present-day Poland
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Occupation = Composer, theorist, and teacher

Stanyslav Fylypovych (Pylypovych) Lyudkevych ( _uk. Станіслав Пилипович Людкевич, born December 24, 1879 in Jarosław - September 10, 1979 in Lviv) was a Ukrainian composer, theorist, teacher, and musical activist. He was the People's Artist of the USSR in 1969. He earned a PHD in musicology in Vienna, 1908. His name may alternatively be spelled as Stanislaw Ludkiewicz (Polish) or Stanislav Ludkevich (from Russian).

Biography

Stanyslav Lyudkevych was born in 1879 in Jarosław in present-day Poland. From 1898 to 1907 he studied philosophy in the Lviv University. Although he learned music theory privately from his mother who was a pianist, Lyudkevych also studied with Mieczyslaw Soltys in Lviv and with O. Tsemlinsky and H. Hredener in Vienna. From 1901, Lyudkevych worked as a teacher in Lviv and Przemyśl.

From 1905 to 1907, Lyudkevych was an editor of the magazine "Artistic Bulletin". He was one of the organizers of the highest musical institute in Lviv named after Mykola Lysenko, in 1910—1915 he was its director, and from 1919, teacher of theortical disciplines and inspector of legal entities. Worked with the choirs "Boyan", "Bandurist", "Surma". In 1936, Lyudkevych became head of the musicological commission of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. In 1939-72, he was a professor in the institute named after Mykola Lysenko.

He died on September 10, 1979 in Lviv.

Works

* Opera - "Dovbush" (1955)
* Monumental Cantatas including the symphony-cantatas "Caucasus" (1905-13) and "Zapovit" ("Will", 1934, 2nd edition 1955) based on words by Taras Shevchenko both for which he won the Republican Prize in the name of Taras Shevchenko in 1964
* Symphonic works - poemas, symphoniettas, chamber and other instrumental pieces
* Choral works
* Romances
* Songs.
* He systematized folk songs.

He was the author of numerous musicological works, was a publicist, and originator and editor of musical publications.

Style

The participation of Lyudkevych in the revolutionary-democratic movement of Western Ukraine lead to the ideological orientaion of his activities and works.

Honors

* 1964 — State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in the name of Taras Shevchenko for his Symphony-Canata "Caucasus" and his vocal-symphonic cantata "Zapovit" based on words by Taras Shevchenko.
* 1969 — People's Artist of USSR.
* 1979 — Hero of Socialist Work.
*Featured on a Ukrainian stamp.

External links

* [http://composer.ru/xxmidi/composer.php?id=219&lng=en Lyudkevich Stanislav (1879-1979)] - Piano music by Russian composers of 20th century, MIDI archive
* [http://www.russiandvd.com/store/person.asp?id=17891&media=2&type=artist&genreid=&fullbiography=1 Info about Stanyslav Lyudkevych] ru icon