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How did children's music come about?

Composers paid attention to the fact that music for children should be composed differently from works for adults only in mid-19th century century. Before this there was only some pedagogical repertoire, which included pieces for aspiring musicians who did not necessarily have to be children. For example, the famous “Note Book of Anna Magdalena Bach”, minuets and polonaises from which are now included in the compulsory repertoire of children's music schools, was compiled by Johann Sebastian Bach for his second wife, who was at that time a fully grown girl.

In fact, children's music began with the Album for Youth (Album für die Jugend, 1843) by Robert Schumann (1810–1856). Of his two notebooks, only the first contains music for children. It’s called “For younger age" - and is still loved music teachers. The pieces from the second part of the album, “For Older Ages,” did not become so popular because they were both too complex for children and too simple for older young musicians.

"Children's Album" by Tchaikovsky

Robert Schumann, "The Bold Rider" Performed by Vitalina Efremova



Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "The Game of Horses." Performed by Denis Kirillov


Unlike Schumann's "Album for Youth", Tchaikovsky's "Children's Album" was a real cycle, the pieces of which were united even by some internal plot. The “Children's Album” describes one day in the life of a child from the family of the circle to which Tchaikovsky himself belonged. It begins with prayer (“Morning Prayer”) and ends with singing coming from the temple (“In Church”). It contains close people (“Mom”, “Nanny’s Tale”), favorite pastimes (“Game of Horses”, “March of the Wooden Soldiers”), dreams and memories (“Sweet Dreams”, “Song of the Lark”, “ The organ grinder sings." A special place in the “Children's Album” is occupied by internal mini-cycles: a suite of dances (“Waltz”, “Mazurka”, “Polka”), a suite of songs and a story about a doll.

When playing with toys, the child partly plays in adult life. He already knows that people get sick and even die. In the play “The Doll’s Disease,” perhaps the most famous of the entire album, Tchaikovsky managed to convey sadness in just a few notes. And the following “Funeral of a Doll” echoes the “Funeral March for the Death of a Hero” from Ludwig van Beethoven’s 12th Piano Sonata. The play " New doll”, which completes this mini-cycle, not only reflects the child’s joy over a gifted toy, but also contains a philosophical idea about the circle of life and even an edification: everything happens, everything passes, rejoice in the present.

About children and for children

Samuel Maikapar, “The Shepherd Boy” from the “Spillkins” cycle. Performed by Maria Kunitsyna

Sergei Prokofiev, "Fairy Tale" from the collection "Children's Music". Performed by Tikhon Silvestrov


In addition to children's music intended for children to perform independently, there are also a number of works written for children's listening, although children themselves are unlikely to be able to perform them properly. These are the suites “Children’s Games” (“Jeux d’enfants”, 1871) by Georges Bizet and “ Children's Corner"("Children's Corner", 1908) by Claude Debussy, fairy tales by Sergei Prokofiev " ugly duck"(1914) to a text by Hans Christian Andersen and "Peter and the Wolf" (1936), conceived as children's guide on instruments of a symphony orchestra.

There is also music “for adults about children”: the piano cycle “Children’s Scenes” (“Kinderszenen”, 1838) by Robert Schumann, the vocal cycle “Children’s Room” (1873) by Modest Mussorgsky, “Three Children’s Scenes” (1926) by Alexander Mosolov and other works. In them, children no longer act as the target audience, but as one of characteristic images or those of adult art. The children themselves are no longer able not only to play such music, but sometimes even to understand its meaning.

Children's music, like children's songs, has always existed. In the 19th century, entire musical cycles were created intended for young listeners. Children's Melodies wrote:

1. Schumann,
2. Ravel,
3. Debussy,
4. Chaikovsky.

Modern composers have not ignored this genre either. During Soviet times, there was a real boom in children's songs associated with the appearance of cartoons and numerous feature films for an audience of children. The authors of melodies worked together with outstanding poets, such as

1. V. I. Lebedev-Kumach,
2. A. Barto,
3. S. Ya.,
4. S.V. Mikhalkov and others.

Famous composers –

1. I.O. Dunaevsky,
2. V. Shainsky,
3. D.B. Kabalevsky

– created funny children's masterpiece songs. Until now, we continue to listen to them with pleasure, hum them, and today, with the advent of the Internet, you can simply download melodies and enjoy listening to them.

Children's songs by modern composers are filled with cheerfulness and optimism. And although many of them were written half a century ago, they remain relevant for today’s generation. Most famous composers– G. Gladkov and V. Shainsky. They probably wrote the largest number of children's melodies. Among them are danceable, and simply cheerful, lively, and uplifting. You can listen to them online or download them from our website to your computer.

Gladkov

G. Gladkov is a real children's composer. He owns songs from such famous films, How:

• "The Children of Captain Grant",
• "Little Red Riding Hood",
• cartoons "Plasticine Crow"
• "At the command of the pike"
• “About Fedot – Sagittarius”, etc.

You can also listen to these melodies on our website, and also download them if necessary.

Click on the picture to download the album Merry Disco by G. Gladkov:

There are, however, modern composers who are not so famous among the youth of our time, but no less significant in the history of children's songs. Their popularity is less not because their works are difficult to find, listen to or download on the Internet: today such a problem arises extremely rarely. It's just that their tunes don't meet the needs of the general public. If V. Shainsky created mainly dance tunes, which are easy to move to, and therefore can be used at children's parties, when staging dance numbers in circles, etc., then, for example, Evgenia Zaritskaya and her work do not meet these requirements. Evgenia Zaritskaya organized the children's show group "SAMANTA", and the works were written mainly for her repertoire. Zaritskaya’s songs are good to perform in choirs and in thematic performances. And although they, like the songs of other composers, can be sad and cheerful, telling about good and evil, they cannot yet be called truly folk.

Choir Giant

The repertoire is very popular among modern children's songs children's choir Giant.

Song "Oh it will be cool":

“A young horse galloped into the field”

Barbariki

Song about a hare:

Song "Aram Zam Zam":

Song “Plague Spring” with Smeshariki:

Of course, modern children's songs are not limited to what was created in Soviet times. Composers continue to write music for children, which can be easily downloaded or listened to on the Internet. The performers of cheerful modern melodies are, as before, children who bring new intonations and manner of performance to topics familiar to us. These could be old children's songs in a modern arrangement or an unusual performance that is unfamiliar to our ears. Composers actively borrow foreign melodies, translating the text or creating their own work based on what they hear. Music adapts to the current reality, and children's songs do not lag behind their genre counterparts. If you want to listen to or download children's songs, you can easily do this on our website. Even if you are an elderly person, children's music will lift your spirits, remind you of the golden days, and you will once again feel the only happiness on earth given only to children - to always be yourself. Let the songs give you inspiration!

Let's go to Germany, which gave the world so many wonderful musicians. To get to know them, we have to go back more than 300 years. Here we will meet with George Frideric Handel. Not far from the town where Handel was born, another great composer was born - Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach was born into a family that is considered the largest musical dynasty in Germany. In some medieval German dialects, the surname “Bach” became a common noun and acquired the meaning “city musician”.

Next we head to Bonn. Ludwig van Beethoven is waiting for the guys here. This is the house where the composer lived, this is the room in which he was born. And here is the Market Square. This is approximately how Beethoven saw her. All this can be seen. Just like Beethoven himself once upon a time, we go to visit Joseph Haydn, a recognized Viennese authority in the field of instrumental music.

We are going to Austria. Franz Joseph Haydn born on March 31, 1732 in Lower Austria, the whole life of the composer passes before us. Here you can see the house in which Haydn was born. here we find ourselves at an interesting concert. When there are few musicians and audience and everyone seems to have known each other for a long time, it turns out to be a home concert. Then you can visit the Haydn House Museum in the suburbs of Vienna.

From Vienna we go to the famous Salzburg. What is the city famous for? Because it was here that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. We find ourselves in the capital of a small principality. Here is a street in old Salzburg. Mozart probably walked here. This is the house where Mozart was born. The whole life of the great composer is before us. Read Tales of the Old Cricket - Sunny bunny

Mozart, you can’t tell a better story about Mozart.

Great is the power of music. Different musical styles affect us differently. Mozart's music has a unique ability to heal. How and what scientists have found out about music that can heal. What kind of music is recommended for children to listen to? All this can be found here. And we set off further on our journey awaiting us... again Germany

, city of Zwickau. It was here that the German composer and pianist Robert Schumann was born. Here we will see the Schumann House. We learn a lot of interesting things from the composer’s biography. We will see the Monument to R. Schumann in Zwickau, and visit the grave of Robert and Clara Schumann. We continue our journey. We have to get to Austria-Hungary , Franz Liszt is waiting for us there, then our path lies in. There we will meet the great Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin. Like Glinka's music, Chopin's works are thoroughly imbued with Slavic intonations. The music itself calls us back to our homeland. We go to Russia

Here M.I. Glinka, A.S. Dargomyzhsky, A.P. Borodin, M.P. Mussorgsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, N.A. Rimsky - Korsakov are waiting for us.

In order for our interesting journey to continue, the information will be constantly updated.

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JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH

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JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH

Germany, 1685 – 1750

Johann Sebastian was born into a family that is considered the largest musical dynasty in Germany. Of Bach's ancestors, Veit Bach, a baker who played the zither, and Johannes Bach, a city musician in Erfurt, were especially famous. The descendants of the latter became so famous that in some medieval German dialects the surname “Bach” became a common noun and acquired the meaning “city musician.” In 721, Johann Bach married the daughter of a court musician from Weissenfeld, Anna Magdalene Wilcken, for the second time. She also represents a musical dynasty and has a beautiful voice and good hearing. Helping her husband, Anna Magdalena rewrote many of his works. The second marriage becomes much more successful for the composer than the first. For his beloved Anna Magdalene, Bach creates the “Anna Magdalene Bach Music Book.” In this marriage, Bach has 13 children, but six of them survive. By 1740, he achieved the greatest fame, but began to lead a more secluded lifestyle, devoting all his time to his highly talented children, whose fame later eclipsed the glory of their father. In the last years of his life, Bach suffered from eye disease, underwent surgery, and became blind. Died at the age of 65 on July 27, 1750.

Written for children: Suite for flute and strings “The Joke”, Sonata for flute and harpsichord, Suite for orchestra No. 3, Prelude for lute, Brandenberg Concerto, Concerto for violin and haboy, Suite for cello, Series of concerts for 4 harpsichords, Musical Offering, Partita for violin No. 3, Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Russia, 05/07/1840 - 11/6/1893

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in the Ural city of Votkinsk, in the family of a mining engineer.Tchaikovsky grew up in a very cultured family.The boy’s passion for playing music and extraordinary abilities manifested itself from early childhood, however, when he was 10 years old, his parents sent him to the St. Petersburg School of Law.He studied piano playing and listened to the few amateur pianists who visited their home.In 1861, Tchaikovsky began studying music and at the beginning of 1866 he moved to Moscow, where he began teaching in music classes.

In 1877, Tchaikovsky left for St. Petersburg, and from there abroad; he lives in Switzerland, then in Italy and France until 1885.

Since 1887, every year Tchaikovsky went on concert tours throughout Europe, promoting his music.Very soon Tchaikovsky gained worldwide fame, his works were performed in Russia and abroad. He often conducts his compositions himself in his homeland, in different countries Europe and America.
Tchaikovsky wrote operas and ballets, symphonic works and chamber ensembles, romances, piano and violin pieces. In all genres, he created works loved by the whole world.

Written for children: Suite No. 1, No. 2, No. 4; Symphony No. 2, No. 5; Ballets " Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker"; Children's Album (songs, dances, games).

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JOHAN STRAUSS

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JOHAN STRAUSS (SON)

Austria, 1825-1899

Johann Strauss son was born in Vienna. His father, also Johann, tried several professions before becoming a violinist, and in the end it was in the musical field that he achieved great success.

The children grew up in an atmosphere rich in music, and everyone was musical. Finally, at the age of nineteen, Johann Strauss assembled a small ensemble and received the official right to earn a living as a conductor from the Viennese magistrate.

Written for children:

Tic-Tac, Persian March, Waltzes, Sounds of Unity, Where the Lemon Trees Bloom, Opera Overture" Bat"

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MODEST PETROVICH MUSORGSKY

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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russia, 1839-1881

Mussorgsky was born on March 9 in the village of Karevo, Toropetsky district, Pskov province. He came from an old noble family. Under the guidance of his mother, the boy made great progress in playing the piano. Already at the age of seven he played short essays Liszt, and at the age of 9 he played Field's big concerto. All the Mussorgskys, who came from a noble family, served in the military, with the exception of the composer's father. In June 1856, Mussorgsky graduated from school and, a few months later, was enlisted in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Then, in 1856, Mussorgsky met A.P. Borodin, who became his close friend. In the winter of the same year, Modest Petrovich met A.S. Dargomyzhsky, and through him with M.A. Balakirev and Ts.A. Cui, then with the brothers V.V. and D.V. Stasov. For Mussorgsky, as well as for all members of the future " Mighty bunch", Balakirev became a teacher and friend. The ruin of the family caused by the reform of 1861 forced Mussorgsky to enter the civil service. He played the piano brilliantly, performed excellently vocal works. On February 12, 1881, Mussorgsky suffered from paralysis. He died on March 16 in a military hospital.
Written for children:

piano suite “Pictures at an Exhibition”

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austria, 1756-1791

Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg. With phenomenal musical ear and memory, he is already in early childhood learned to play the harpsichord, and at the age of five he wrote his first compositions. From the age of six he toured European countries. From outstanding composers past, he became the first to choose the life of a free artist. In 1781, Mozart moved to Vienna and started a family. He made money from rare publications own compositions, piano lessons and performances (the latter served as an impetus for the creation of piano concertos).

Special attention Mozart devoted his time to opera. His works - an entire era in the development of this type of musical art. The composer was attracted to opera by the opportunity to show the relationships between people, their feelings and aspirations. Mozart also became one of the creators of the classical concert genre.

Written for children: Symphony No. 40

Major operas: Mithridates, King of Pontus (1770), Idomeneo, King of Crete (1781), The Abduction from the Seraglio (1782), The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), So Do All Women (1790), The Clemency of Titus ( 1791), The Magic Flute (1791).

Other works: 17 masses, including: “Coronation” (1779), “Requiem” (1791) 49 symphonies, including: “Paris” (1778), No. 36 “Haffner” (1782), No. 37 “Linz” ( 1783), No. 38 “Prague” (1786), No. 39 (1788), No. 40 (1788), No. 41 “Jupiter” (1788).

Concerts, serenades, divertissements, ensembles, sonatas, trios, duets, rondos, fantasies, plays, more than 50 arias, ensembles, choirs, songs.

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Fryderyk Chopin

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Fryderyk Chopin

Poland, 1810-1849

Fryderyk Chopin was born on March 1 in the town of Zhelazova Wola. Chopin's mother was Polish, his father was French. Little Chopin grew up surrounded by music. His father played the violin and flute, his mother sang well and played the piano a little. By the age of 6, he began playing the piano. The little pianist's first performance took place in Warsaw when he was seven years old. In 1832, Chopin began triumphant concert performances in Paris. He gave his first concert at the age of 22. Here meetings took place with the largest figures of literature and art in France and other countries (F. Liszt, G. Berlioz, V. Bellini, J. Meyerbeer; G. Heine and E. Delacroix). In 1834-35 Chopin tours the Rhine with F. Hiller and F. Mendelssohn in 1835. meets R. Schumann in Leipzig. In 1837, Chopin felt his first attack of lung disease. In 1848 he toured Great Britain. This was his last journey.

Chopin died in Paris, where his grave is located. The composer's heart, according to his dying will, was transported by Chopin's sister to Warsaw and walled up in one of the columns in the Church of the Holy Cross.

Essays: For piano and orchestra - 2 concertos, variations, rondo, fantasy, Andante spianato and polonaise; chamber instrumental ensembles - sonata for cello and piano, introduction and polonaise for piano and cello, piano trio, etc.;

for piano - 3 sonatas, fantasy, 4 ballads, 4 scherzos, 4 impromptu, 21 nocturnes, 4 rondos, 27 etudes, 17 waltzes, about 60 mazurkas, 16 polonaises, 25 preludes (including 24 preludes), tarantella, bolero, 3 ecosses, barcarolle, lullaby, several cycles of variations, etc.; 19 songs for voice and piano.

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Edvard Grieg

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Edvard Grieg

Norway, 1843-1907

Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway, the fourth child in a large musical family.

He studied from the age of six musical notation, however, he did not seriously dream of following in the footsteps of his parents, until one day a wonderful meeting occurred in his life. When Edward was 15 years old, Ole Bull, a famous violinist and composer who had by that time gained world fame, came to visit his father. Having learned that Grieg’s son loved music very much and was even trying to compose, the guest sat the boy down at the piano and was absolutely delighted with what he heard: “You should become a musician!”

On his advice, Edward was sent to Leipzig, where he began taking lessons at the conservatory. Away from home young musician

He worked, sparing no effort, and eventually became seriously ill - after a cold, he developed pleurisy. And although Edward nevertheless recovered from his mother’s care, the consequences of the disease remained for the rest of his life: Grieg suffered from tuberculosis and in his old age he breathed only part of his left lung, because the right one was destroyed. On June 15, 1903, Grieg celebrated his sixtieth birthday. He received great amount telegrams and letters from many countries of the world. The composer could be proud: it means that his life was not in vain, it means that he brought joy to people with his creativity...

In 1906, Grieg again embarked on a major tour. May Grieg returns to Norway, to Trollhaugen. Summer brings him excruciating suffering. It is possible to fall asleep only with anesthesia. On September 4, 1907, early in the morning, Grieg passed away.

Essays for children: suite “Peer Gynt”, piano pieces “Procession of Dwarves”, “Kobold”.

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Antonio Vivaldi

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Antonio Vivaldi

Venice, 1678-1741

In 1678, in Venice, the first-born Antonio was born into the family of hairdresser and musician Giovanni Batista Vivaldi. The stormy character of the city was passed on to young Antonio, but he was unable to express it: from birth he had a serious illness - a constricted chest; all his life he was tormented by asthma, and he was out of breath when walking. But from his father, along with his fiery hair color and equally fiery temperament, the boy inherited musical abilities. Music was often heard in Vivaldi's house: the father played the violin, the children learned to play musical instruments(at that time this was a common thing), and they also started funny games, sometimes fights.

The last period of Antonio Vivaldi's life is similar to his concerts: joy and sadness replace each other. On the threshold of his 50th birthday, our hero was full of energy and plans. Operas poured in as if from a cornucopia (for the carnival season of 1727, he composed as many as eight operas).

He died in the house of the widow of a Viennese saddler named Waller and was buried in poverty. Soon after death name outstanding master was forgotten.

Almost 200 years later, in the 20s. XX century Italian musicologist A. Gentili discovered a unique collection of the composer's manuscripts (300 concertos, 19 operas, sacred and secular vocal works). From this time begins a true revivalVivaldi's former glory. The composer's favorite instrument was the violin

Essays: violin concerts "Harmonic Inspiration", "Extravagance", over 40 operas "Ottone", "Orlando", "Nero", more than 60 concerts for string orchestra, vocal works - cantatas, oratorios, works on spiritual texts (psalms, litanies),

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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Russia, 1804-1857

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was born on June 1, 1804 on his parents’ estate in the village of Novospasskoye, Smolensk province. At the age of ten, quite late, Mikhail began learning to play the piano and violin. In 1822, Mikhail Ivanovich graduated from the Noble boarding school at the Main Pedagogical Institute in St. Petersburg, where his parents brought him in 1817. He is increasingly involved in music and pays attention to composition, composes, and tries his hand at different genres. In 1822 his first works appeared.

Essays: Operas: “A Life for the Tsar”, “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, Symphonic works: Symphony on two Russian themes, Spanish Overture No. 1, No. 2; "Kamarinskaya", a fantasy on two Russian themes; “Waltz-Fantasy”, Chamber instrumental works: Sonata for viola and piano

Romances and songs: “Venetian Night” (1832); “Night View” (1836); "Doubt" (1838); "Night Zephyr" (1838).

Hymn Russian Federation The patriotic song of Mikhail Glinka was the official anthem of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 2000.

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Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Russia, 1844-1908

Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born on March 18, 1844 in Tikhvin near St. Petersburg. The boy's musical abilities showed up early, but family tradition at the age of 12 he was assigned to the Naval Corps in St. Petersburg. After graduation educational institution, in 1862 - 1865, participated in the voyage on the clipper "Almaz", thanks to which he visited the countries of Europe, North and South America.

In 1861, Nikolai Andreevich became a member of the “Mighty Handful” circle. In 1871, Rimsky-Korsakov was accepted as a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and held this position for almost forty years.

Operas: “Woman of Pskov”, “ May night"", "Snow Maiden", "Mlada", "The Night Before Christmas", "Sadko", "Mozart and Salieri", "Boyaryna Vera Sheloga", "The Tsar's Bride", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "Servilia", "Kashchei Immortal", "Pan Voivode", "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia"", "The Golden Cockerel"

Cantatas, Symphony No. 1, No. 2; Sinfonietta on Russian themes, suite “Scheherazade”; “Bright Holiday”, “Over the Grave”. Serenades.

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Prokofiev Sergey Sergeevich

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Prokofiev Sergey Sergeevich

Russia, 1891-1953

Born in the village of Sontsovka, Ekaterinoslav province, on April 23, 1891, in the family of an agronomist. From the age of 5 he studied piano under the guidance of his mother, and from the age of 6 he began composing music. Already at this time he showed outstanding musical abilities. By the age of ten, he had already written several works, among which was the opera “Giant”. In 1902-1903 he took lessons from R. M. Gliere, after which, at the age of 12, Prokofiev entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied for 10 years. He graduated from it in 1909 in composition, and in 1914 in piano and conducting.

In recent years, Prokofiev's concerts have been limited, and he performed in front of children's audiences. His last works, including the Seventh Symphony and The Stone Flower, reflected the impressions of his childhood, as the composer himself said. Music for children and youth is a special page in the work of the great master.

Written for children:

symphonic fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf” (1936), ballets “Cinderella” and “Tale of the Stone Flower”, piano pieces “Fairy Tales” old grandmother", ballet "The Tale of a Jester Who Tricked Seven Jesters", an opera based on the Italian fairy tale by Carlo Gozzi "The Love for Three Oranges", an album of pieces for young pianists "Children's Music".

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Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich

Russia, 1904-1987

born on December 30, 1904 in St. Petersburg in the family of an employee. In 1918, the family moved to Moscow. His father was a mathematician and really wanted the boy to study the exact sciences, but from an early age he made progress in poetry and painting, and most of all he loved to improvise on the piano.

In 1919, he entered the Scriabin Music College in Moscow, where piano was taught by its director, Selivanov, and composition was taught by the famous theorist and composer G. Catuara. For the sake of a talented student, a composition department is opened at the technical school, in which one student is Kabalevsky. From the age of sixteen, the young man had to earn his living: he draws posters, serves as a postman, writes and performs music for silent films, and studies at a painting and drawing school.

In 1925, against the will of his father, he entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he also studied in two specialties: piano and composition.

In 1932 he became a professor. He writes a lot, works at the conservatory, gives presentations, and appears in print.

For children: songs: “First of May”, “Steam Locomotive”, “Bird House”, “Song about the Pioneer Abrosimov”, etc., five piano pieces “From Pioneer Life”, second concert for piano and orchestra.

Operas: Cola Brugnon, On Fire, Taras's Family, Nikita Vershinin, Sisters. Ballets: Golden Ears; Operetta: Spring is Singing;

For symphony orchestra and choir:

Poem of struggle, Great Motherland, People's Avengers, O native land; For orchestra: 4 symphonies, Suites: from the opera Copa Brugnon, Comedians, Romeo and Juliet; symphonic poem Spring; Chamber instrumental works.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Germany, 1770-1827

During his life, he had to be poor and rich, happy and unhappy, and all this only opened up new facets of his talent. Life has always been a struggle for him. This was reflected in his wonderful music, which we have heard since childhood. He inherited musical abilities and character traits from his grandfather and father. At the age of 26, Beethoven showed the first signs of deafness. From 1816 to 1822, the last five piano sonatas were written. And the most significant in Beethoven’s work is the Ninth Symphony. On May 7, 1824 it was performed. The orchestra was conducted by Umlauf. The composer himself stood at the footlights, giving tempos for each movement. The audience was delighted! The musicians and singers were amazed by the success. Beethoven stood motionless - he did not hear anything.

Shortly before his death, Beethoven goes to his brother Johann. On way back Ludwig caught a bad cold and after several months of serious illness, Ludwig van Beethoven dies. The composer's death shocked Vienna. All educational institutions were closed that day. A crowd of thousands came out to see the composer off on his final journey.

Essays: Opera - Fidelio; Ballets: oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Mass in C major, Solemn Mass, Cantatas, 9 symphonies; Overtures: to the tragedy “Coriolanus” by Collin (1807), to the tragedy “Egmont” by Goethe (1810), etc.; Concertos for instruments and orchestra: 5 for piano, for violin, Triple Concerto for piano, violin and cello;

Chamber instrumental ensembles: 16 string quartets, 10 sonatas for piano and violin, 5 sonatas for piano and cello; for piano - 32 sonatas, including the 14th “Moonlight”, variation cycles. Songs: cycle “To a distant beloved”; processing of folk songs; Music for drama theater performances, etc.

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Alexander Sergeevich Dargomyzhsky

Russia, 1813-1869

Dargomyzhsky was born in the village of Troitsky Tula province. His father, Sergei Nikolaevich, was the illegitimate son of a wealthy nobleman and owned lands in the Smolensk province. Mother, née Princess Maria Borisovna Kozlovskaya, married against the will of her parents; she was well educated and wrote poetry.

Until the age of five, Dargomyzhsky did not speak at all, and his late-formed voice remained forever squeaky and hoarse. Dargomyzhsky received his education at home; he knew very well French. Playing puppet show, the boy composed small vaudeville plays for him, and at the age of six he began to learn to play the piano. His acquaintance with Glinka (1834), which soon turned into a close friendship, led to the idea of ​​taking up music seriously: he began to study in depth the theory of composition and instrumentation.

Dargomyzhsky is one of the founders of the Russian classical school of composition, the creator of lyrical opera drama and “conversational” (recitative) opera, which is highly innovative in genre and style.

Essays:

operas "Esmeralda", "Rusalka","The Stone Guest"

cantata "The Triumph of Bacchus", ballad "Wedding", romances "I Loved You", "Young Man and Maiden", "Night Zephyr", "Vertograd",

symphonic plays "Baba Yaga" (1862), "Cossack" (1864), "Chukhon Fantasy".

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Alexandra Nikolaevna Pakhmutova

Russia, 1929 -_____

Born in a village near Stalingrad, Alya saw with her child's eyes the cruel, destructive bombing of her city, which did not surrender to the Nazis, and remembered the long journey of evacuated civilians - from the Volga to Kazakhstan - and the road back to their native places.
And then there was Moscow, with which, in fact, Alexandra Nikolaevna’s whole life is connected. Here, in the middle of the war in 1943, she entered the Central Music School for Gifted Children, then graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory.
Among the works: symphonic works - “Russian Suite”, “Ode to Light a Fire”, cantatas and oratorios - “Vasily Terkin”, “A Country Beautiful as Youth”, ballet “Illumination”.
About 400 songs, including “The main thing, guys, is not to grow old in your heart!”, “Old Maple”, “Eaglets Learn to Fly”, “Tenderness”, “Gagarin’s Constellation”, “A Coward Doesn’t Play Hockey”, “ Belovezhskaya Pushcha", "Goodbye, Moscow!" (farewell song of the 1980 Olympics), “ Vine", "I Stay", "Love Me", "Russian Waltz" (1992) and many others.
Music for films: “The Ulyanov Family”, “Girls”, “Once Upon a Time There Were an Old Man and an Old Woman”, “Three Poplars on Plyushchikha”, “Closing of the Season”, “My Love in the Third Year”, “Wormwood - Bitter Grass”, “ Ballad about sports”, “Oh sports, you are the world!”

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Botyarov Evgeny Mikhailovich

Children's composers

Botyarov Evgeny Mikhailovich

Russia, 1935-2010

Evgeny Mikhailovich was born on August 3, 1935 in the village of Kuzmino, Sobinsky district, Vladimir region. In 1956 he graduated from the music school at the Leningrad Conservatory, in 1961 from the Moscow Conservatory. After graduating from graduate school, he taught at the Musical Pedagogical Institute named after. Gnessins (1964–1966). Since 1966, Botyarov has been a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory in instrumentation and score reading. Subsequently, Evgeniy Mikhailovich became the head. Department of Instrumentation, Professor of this illustrious educational institution. The composer wrote many works: symphonies, suites, choral works, vocal cycles, oratorios, instrumental works, romances based on poems by Yesenin and Yevtushenko, songs. He wrote music for radio and television productions and worked a lot in films. animations.

Essays for children: for choir “Bird Music”, “Summer Song”, for piano, large quantity songs: “White Doves” (A. Barto), “Here the trumpeters are blowing” (E. Agranovich), “Counselor and others” (L. Derbenev), “You are boys”, “Let’s be friends” (M. Plyatskovsky), “ Gagarinians" (L. Khrilev), "True Friendship" (P. Sinyavsky), "Yellow Elephant" (Yu. Yakovlev) and many others. etc.

Music for cartoons - “The pony runs in circles” - “Merry Carousel” (No. 3) “Red, red, freckled”, “Merry Larusel” No. 4 “Silent Hamster”, “We are going to look” (1988), “Kostroma” "(1989), "MISTER Pronka" (1991), "Vanyusha and the Giant" (1993), "Autumn Meeting" (1993), "Dreamers from the Village of Ugory" (1994), "Pinezhsky Pushkin" (2000), "Pinezhsky Pushkin" (2003)

Music to feature films for children: “We sat on the golden porch”, “Waiting for a miracle”, “Vanka-Vstanka”.

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Isaac Osipovich Dunaevsky

Children's composers

Isaac Osipovich Dunaevsky

Russia, 1900 - 1955

His father, Tsali Simonovich Dunaevsky, was a wealthy bank employee. The family had six children and they all devoted themselves to music. By the age of six, the boy already played the piano very well and picked out various melodies, and at eight he mastered the violin. In 1910, in the city of Kharkov, he entered the gymnasium and music school, where he studied violin and composition: he composed romances, piano pieces, and quartets. Isaac is also studying at the law faculty of the university, but he understands that this profession is not for him and chooses music. In 1918, Dunaevsky graduated from the gymnasium with a gold medal, and in 1919, from the Kharkov Conservatory. In 1920, he was hired by the Kharkov Russian Drama Theater as head of the musical department. The debut of the young composer took place here.

In 1924 Isaac Osipovich moves to Moscow and begins his labor activity in the Hermitage theaters, Drama Theater, Theater of Satire, where he directs the musical part and creates the first operettas.

Written for children:

Ballet: “Murzilka” (1924), Music for the cartoon “Teremok” (1937), Music for the film “The Children of Captain Grant” (1936)

Songs: Oh, good, How good it is all around, March of the Young People, Starlings have arrived, My native country is wide, Attention, to the start, There lived a brave captain, March of cheerful children, Let's remember school games, Bugles are playing, Our friendly unit, School waltz, New Year's children's song, Sleep comes to the threshold, Doves fly.

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Sergei Yakovlevich Nikitin

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Sergei Yakovlevich Nikitin

Russia, 1944 - _____

Born in Moscow on March 8, 1944. In 1962 he graduated from school, then entered the physics department of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. He studied at the Department of Acoustics, graduating in 1968.

Also in school years became interested in guitar. Nikitin wrote his first song “On the Road” based on poems by Joseph Utkin in 1962. Was an active participant at the university creative life University. After graduating from Moscow State University, he worked at academic institutes: Institute organic chemistry USSR Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Biological Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He became a scientist - defended his dissertation, is a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences.

But, nevertheless, music became the main profession.

In 1995, Sergei Yakovlevich Nikitin was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia, and in 1997 Tatyana and Sergei Nikitin became laureates of the Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize - “For many years of devotion to Russian poetry.” Lives and works in Moscow.

Songs for children (and parents):

The Ballad of the Sliver, The Song of the Fairy Tale, The Song of the Three Wolves, The Tale of the Song, Abracadabra, The Big Cat Secret, The Big Horse Secret, A big secret for a small company, Big dog secret, A dog can be a biter, This is very interesting (Art. Y. Moritz), Song of Karabas-Barabas and his dolls, Song of Duremar (Art. B. Okudzhava), Johnny and the pony, Tails (Art. A .Milne), Bull (Art. A. Barto), Ballad of Cows (Art. T. Sobakina), Camel (Art. V. Recepter), Naughty Mother (Art. A. Milne, translation by S. Marshak), One Hundred Merry frogs, Turkish Mouse (art. O. Driz, translation by G. Sapgir), Beaver Choir for the play "Cat's House", Choir of Piglets for the play "Cat's House", Song of the Old Rooster (art. S. Marshak) and many others. etc.

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Victor Semenovich Berkovsky

Children's composers

Victor Semenovich Berkovsky

Ukraine, 1932 - 2005

Victor spent his childhood in Ukraine, in his hometown of Zaporozhye. In 1950 he graduated high school and went to study in Moscow. In 1955, after graduating from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, he returned to hometown Zaporozhye, where he worked at the Dneprospetsstal plant. Then he entered graduate school at MISiS, and since then he has not left the institute. Having started his career as a teacher, he became a great scientist and worked as a professor at this university until his last days. For his services in the field of education, he was awarded the title "Honorary Worker of Higher Education" vocational education RF". Almost all his life, along with teaching and scientific work, Viktor Berkovsky composed music.

Songs: Grenada (M. Svetlov), On the distant Amazon, Train (V. Druk), Speak to New Year(S. Mikhalkov), Snow (S. Mikhalkov), Collage (S. Mikhalkov), Johnny and the pony, Green story, Jonathan Bill (V. Levin), About how Professor Full met Professor Boole (V. Levin), Princess's Song, from the play "The Great Doctor's Tale (D. Samoilov), Detective Sleuths, from the play "The Great Doctor's Tale" (Samoilov), Sidney Hall's Song, from the play "The Great Doctor's Tale" (Samoilov), 18. (061) Bulldog and Taxi, Liar (D. Kharms), Persian Bazaar (V. Smekhov), "Cherry Clarinet" (verses by B . Okudzhava), “To the Music of Vivaldi” (music together with S. Nikitin, poems by A. Velichansky), “Snowfall” (poems by Y. Moritz) and many others, about 200 songs in total.

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Evgeniy Nikolaevich Ptichkin

Children's composers

Evgeniy Nikolaevich Ptichkin

Russia, 1930 - 1993

Born in Moscow. In 1958, he graduated from the Gnessin Musical Pedagogical Institute, studying composition with outstanding musicians Professor V. Shebalin and N. Peiko, and received an excellent professional education.

After college, Ptichkin entered special sound engineering courses (where a conservatory education was required) with State House radio broadcasting and sound recording. Young composers were trained in film recording technologies and working with a microphone. There, subsequently, he works as a sound engineer.

In the late 50s, the first songs of Evgeny Ptichkin appeared, written for the youth edition of the radio. He travels around the country a lot. After trips to the virgin lands, his first song “Where are you, timid girls”, based on the verses of the poet V. Kuznetsov, was born. And fulfill new song then-beginning young performer Iosif Kobzon took on.

Songs for children: Musical toys, Change sl. M. Plyatskovsky, Grandmothers I. Shaferan, A child walks on the land I. Tarba/E. Nikolaevskaya, Daisies hid, buttercups drooped. Animation: 1976 - “Oh and Ah”, 1976 - “A Tale of Laziness”, 1977 - “Oh and Ah Go Hiking”, 1977 - “Piglet”, 1981 - “Alice in Wonderland”, 1981 - “That’ll do” , 1982 - “Treasure Island” (TV series), 1986 - “Three on an Island” (cartoon). Op.: ballet: Good Sun (1957);

musical comedies: Crimean Vacation (1971), Big Win (1973), Woman's Riot (1975); operetta A Month to Think About (1976); for symphony orchestra: Overture (1957);

music for films: “Two Comrades Served”, “Seven Old Men and One Girl”, “For Life on Earth”, “Earthly Love”, “Two Captains” (television film), “Here is my village” (television film).

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Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky

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Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky

Russia, 1945 - _____

Born into a creative family. His father is famous Soviet composer– Isaac Osipovich Dunaevsky, author of the song “Wide is my native country”, music and songs for the films “Circus”, “Jolly Fellows”, “Kuban Cossacks”... etc. Mother – ballerina Zoya Pashkova. Parents never insisted that their son become a musician. The decision to take music seriously came after the death of my father. After studying at a music school, he entered a music school and graduated at the age of 19. Then, at 25, he graduated from the theoretical and composition department of the Moscow Conservatory, majoring in composition. At the conservatory, Maxim Isaakovich mastered several musical specialties: piano, conducting, composition and music theory.

Songs for children: “Once upon a time there was Brodobrey”, “Colorful dreams”, “33 cows” art. N. Oleva, “I am the Water One,” “But I don’t want to!” (Song of Princess Zabava), “Song of Vanya the Stove Maker”, “Ditties of Babok-Ezhek”, “Oh, if only my dream came true”, “Bang-bang, oh-oh-oh” on Art. Y. Entina, “When the traffic lights sing” art. M. Azov, “Colorful World” art. L. Derbenev, “Wind of Change” art. N. Olev et al.

Filmography: D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, Ah, vaudeville, vaudeville, The Flying Ship (cartoon), Carnival, Mary Poppins, goodbye!, In Search of Captain Grant, The Musketeers twenty years later, The Mystery of Queen Anne, or The Musketeers thirty years later, Border. Taiga novel, Lethal force-6. Good hope, Red and black, etc.

Musicals: “Tili-tili-dough..”, “Emelino’s happiness” (1975, Novosibirsk), “The Three Musketeers”, “Children of Captain Grant” (1987, Sverdlovsk), “Mary Poppins, goodbye!” (2003, St. Petersburg), “Jolly Fellows” 2005, Moscow), etc.

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Chichkov Yuri Mikhailovich

Children's composers

Chichkov Yuri Mikhailovich

Russia, 1929 – 1990

The composer's childhood years were spent in Moscow. His love for music manifested itself early. He loved to sing and was taught this by his mother, who often sang to him herself. Subsequently, Yuri Mikhailovich will write a lot beautiful songs dedicated to mom. It was she who brought him to a music school, where they immediately realized that the boy was very capable.

In 1949, Chichkov graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory. After finishing school he was drafted into the army. Over the years, he graduated from two music universities: the Institute of Military Conductors and the Moscow Conservatory, majoring in composition. After serving in the army, Yuri Chichkov devoted himself to composing.

Songs for children: “Childhood is me and you”, “If you want to be smart”, “It’s just miracles”, “I want to know about it”, “Magic flower”, “Funny carousel”, “Mom”, “Our mothers are the most beautiful” , “Mom’s Birthday”, “Joy”, “My Puppy”, “Scherzo”, “Teddy Bear”, “Funny Carousel”, “From what, from what...”, “Music and children”, “Congratulations” , “School morning”, “Noise, pine tree”, “We are going to a holiday”, “Hello, mothers”, “Horn and pipe”, “Don’t stand aside indifferently”, “Waltz”, “Tree of Friendship”, “Stupid happiness”, “Write me a letter” and many others.

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Shainsky Vladimir Yakovlevich

Children's composers

Shainsky Vladimir Yakovlevich

Russia, 1925 - ______

Born on December 12, 1925 in Kyiv. In 1945 he entered the Moscow Conservatory. He worked in Leonid Utesov's orchestra, studied at the Baku Conservatory and - composed, composed, composed.

Shainsky himself began to study musical skills at the ten-year music school at the Kyiv Conservatory (violin class), continued musical education at the Tashkent Conservatory during the evacuation, after the war in 1945. Vladimir Shainsky graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Then he gave three years to Leonid Utesov’s orchestra, and in the period from 1956 to 1963 he was musical director Variety orchestra under the direction of Dmitry Pokrass.
Vladimir Shainsky has been known to everyone since childhood - it seems that there is not a person in our country who does not sing his songs. Although, of course, he has a lot of other music - symphonic, for cinema, pop, theater.

His songs for children:

more than 300: , , "Katerok", , . In the songs “Chunga-Changa”, “Antoshka”, “It’s fun to walk together”, “Smile”, “Blue carriage”, “Grasshopper”, “Crocodile Gena”, “Herbs, herbs”, “Thrushes”, “Corner of Russia” , “Ledum”, “When the gardens were blooming”, “I’ll get off at the distant station”, “Why are you indifferent to me”, “Parental home”.

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Krylatov Evgeniy Pavlovich

Children's composers

Krylatov Evgeniy Pavlovich

Russia, 1934 – _____

Born in Lysva, Perm region. Evgeniy Pavlovich was born and raised in a simple family, where they loved and understood music very much. His father bought a violin with the first money he earned and soon began taking lessons. He independently learned to play the piano, sang well, collected records with works by Chopin, Beethoven and others famous composers. Mom sang beautifully, knew a lot of folk songs, parables, sayings - she was a very folk, spiritual person. The boy's love for music manifested itself early. From the age of 8, Evgeniy Krylatov began studying at the House of Pioneers in a piano club, where he asked his parents to enroll him. Then he began to compose his first small musical works. Krylatov got his first instrument, a piano, at the age of 14. after graduating from Motovilikha music school, Krylatov entered the Perm Music College. One of the teachers who played a major role in his creative development, was I.P. Gladkova is a wonderful pianist and composer.

Evgeny Pavlovich himself does not consider his songs purely for children. “These are, rather, songs about childhood. About good and evil. About humanity, about love for one’s neighbor, about instilling good feelings in people of all ages.” Co-authors: poets - Bella Akhmadulina, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Leonid Derbenev, Igor Shaferan, Ilya Reznik, Evgeny Evtushenko. More than 70 songs have been written with Yuri Entin.Music for cartoons : "Umka" 1965, "The Bear's Lullaby" and "Father Frost and Summer", "Prostokvashino".

Films “Property of the Republic”, “Oh, this Nastya”, “Don’t part with your loved ones”, “Adventures of Electronics”, “Sorcerers”, “Guest from the Future”, “Monday’s Children”.

popular songs : “Song about the Sword”, “Forest Deer”, “Alder Earring”, “Winged Swing”, “Three White Horses”, “Beautiful Far Away”, “Lullaby of the Bear”, etc.

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" Children's composers"

Many of us managed to get from the 20th century to the 21st without a time machine. As they say, we live at the junction of two centuries. Therefore, when talking about who modern composers are and what century they belong to, we must take this into account. More recently, modernity was considered the 20th century. But when the 21st century arrived, the previous century automatically became the past.

Terminology

Before you start talking about the stated topic, you should decide on the necessary terminology. Firstly, what is classical music as such? Secondly, who are modern composers? An interesting opinion from Stephen Fry will help you understand these issues. His books on the history of classical music are so delightful that sometimes it is impossible to tear yourself away from them. He defines the issues posed very clearly and very clearly.

Classical music. If we consider this term in the narrow sense of the word, it becomes clear that it refers to a fairly short period of classicism that dominated from 1750 to 1830. IN in a broad sense Classical is any serious music that requires listening attention and some emotional effort.

Modern composers. It is generally accepted that classical music has stood the test of time. Accordingly, how can it be modern? A certain metamorphosis occurred precisely when we moved into the 21st century, leaving the 20th in the past. So it turns out that modern classical composers belong to the 20th century. What then to do with classical music in the 21st century? What is meant here is that it is used in the broad sense of the word - as serious music that makes you think and requires some kind of emotional effort.

Great Russian composers of the 20th century. List

The list below is not chronological, but alphabetical order. Of course, it is possible to single out or point out particularly outstanding ones. But since all these individuals - the brightest representatives of their century, they can safely be called so - the great modern composers of the 20th century. It's not just composers born at the turn of the 20th century that are listed. Their works were already known during this period of time, or their creativity flourished in the 20th century.

Foreign composers of the 20th century. List

Russian composers of the 21st century

It is impossible to assign some music creators to a particular century. After all, many works of modern composers were published and deserved worthy attention both in the 20th century and in the 21st. This is especially true for living composers who managed to become famous for their highly artistic creations in the last century and continue to compose music in the current one. We are talking about Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina and others.

However, there are also little-known Russian composers of the 21st century who created wonderful compositions, but their names did not manage to become popular.

• Batagov Anton.
• Bakshi Alexander.
• Ekimovsky Victor.
• Karmanov Pavel.
• Korovitsyn Vladimir.
• Markelov Pavel.
• Martynov Vladimir.
• Pavlova Alla.
• Pekarsky Mark.
• Savalov Yuri.
• Savelyev Yuri.
• Sergeeva Tatyana.

This list can be significantly expanded.

About contemporary composers

Pekarsky Mark (b. 1940). He became famous for his ensemble of percussion instruments. The atmosphere at his concerts is conducive to laughter, since the composer can make good jokes while performing music (and during breaks).

Martynov Vladimir (b. 1946) - minimalist composer. It combines religiosity and “advancement.” The modern master of serious music is able to convey a lot with minimal means.

Ekimovsky Victor (b. 1947). His programmatic works with bright titles attract attention. These are “B” (music written for flutes and phonogram), “Siamese Concerto” (intended for two pianos), “Sublimations” (for symphony orchestra), “27 Destructions” (for percussion instruments) and many others.

(b. 1951). In her works one can feel the influence of A. Scriabin's music. Lots of flight, vibrations, fire. The second piano concerto attracts the attention of listeners with its dynamic development and sudden finale, which takes the listener to the Middle Ages and then brings him back.

Alla Pavlova (b. 1952) - emigrant composer. Currently lives in America. Her music is melodic and sad and mournful at the same time. She wrote six symphonies in minor keys, which are complete tragedies.

As we can see, the music of modern composers is diverse, amazing and attractive. Many of the creators love experiments and are looking for new forms. These include Bakshi Alexander (b. 1952). Among his works, “Unanswered Call” stands out, written for violin, 6-7 mobile phones and string orchestra.

Markelov Pavel (b. 1967). One of his favorite areas is sacred music. He wrote symphonies for orchestra, free verse sonatas for piano, and 20 bell symphonies.

Children's contemporary composers

Prominent representatives are Yuri Savalov, Vladimir Korovitsyn, Yuri Savelyev.

Yuri Savalov was a talented composer, an excellent teacher and a wonderful arranger. He enthusiastically led the orchestra at the Children's Music School. He was also a good performer. He played keyboards and wind instruments. Each of his nine piano pieces has a subtitle: “Mother”, “Confession”, “Wind of Wandering”, “Inspiration”, “Ball in the Prince’s Castle”, “Prelude”, “March”, “Waltz”, “Lullaby”. They are all very interesting, diverse and beautiful.

Vladimir Korovitsyn was born in 1955. His work consists of music written in various romances, spiritual works written for choir, chamber and symphony orchestra. For children, he wrote a collection of children's songs called "Rejoice in the Sun" and "Children's Album" for piano. The plays are an excellent addition to the students' repertoire. The names of the plays accurately reflect their character and mood: “Thumbelina”, “Wooden Shoes”, “Variations of a Peasant with an Accordion”, “Emelya Rides on the Stove”, “Sad Princess”, “Girls’ Round Dance”.

Songs for children

Children's songs by modern composers are filled with optimism and cheerfulness. Despite the fact that some of them were created half a century ago, they remain not only relevant, but also quite modern. The most considered are V. Shainsky, I. Dunaevsky, D. Kabalevsky, G. Gladkov. We listen to their cheerful and playful songs with great pleasure, sing them ourselves and together with the children.

Not everyone knows that it was G. Gladkov who created the melodies from such popular films and cartoons as “Little Red Riding Hood”, “About Fedot the Archer”, “Children of Captain Grant”, “At the Order of the Pike”, “Plasticine Crow” and others.

Another legendary creator modern songs for children - V. Shainsky. He has over three hundred of them. It is enough to listen to “The Blue Carriage”, “Piggy”, “Chunga-Changa”, “Antoshka” and many others to understand how talented a composer he is.

So, modern composers are considered to be not only living or recently deceased composers of the 21st century, but also masters of the 20th century. Both of them created music of different genres and different characteristics, worthy of attention from listeners and musicologists.