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Vladimir Ussachevsky
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Composition list
Sacred music
Opera and lyrical music
Chamber music
Symphonic music
Vocal music
Instrumental music
Concertante music
Sheet music for Vladimir Ussachevsky
New Music for Clarinet — F. Gerard Errante; William Albright; Lee Jordan-Anders; Nyle Steiner
— listening CD — Classical
By F. Gerard Errante; William Albright; Lee Jordan-Anders; Nyle Steiner. By F. Gerard Errante; Adolphus Hailstork; Sydney Hodkinson; William O. Smith; Vladimir Ussachevsky; Dana Wilson. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Naxos (NX.RR7941).
Price: $16.00
Les Musiques De Film De Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Vol4 Piano — Vladimir Cosma
accordion solo — —
Composed by Vladimir Cosma. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.COSM05209).
Price: $24.00
Alfred Schnittke: Hyronimus Bosch Fragments — Vladimir Spivakov; Alexander Ghindin; Dmitri Kortchak; Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov
— listening CD — Classical
By Vladimir Spivakov; Alexander Ghindin; Dmitri Kortchak; Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov. By Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998). Country of Origin: Austria. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Capriccio (NX.C8011).
Price: $11.00
Mozart: The Piano Concertos — Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
— listening CD (10 discs) —
By Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Listening CD (10 discs). Published by Decca (NX.4437272).
Price: $75.00
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exh — Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
— listening compact disc —
By Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy. By Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881). Listening compact disc. Published by Decca (NX.B000797302).
Price: $12.00
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov — Vladimir Vaneev, Vladimir Galusin, Nikolai Ohotnikov
— listening CD (3 discs) —
By Vladimir Vaneev, Vladimir Galusin, Nikolai Ohotnikov. By Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881). Listening CD (3 discs). Published by Decca (NX.B001652502).
Price: $26.00
Artyomov: On the Threshold of a Bright World — Rostislav Shatayevsky; Helikon Theatre Choir; National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Vladimir Ashkenazy
— CD (1 disc) — Classical
By Rostislav Shatayevsky; Helikon Theatre Choir; National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Vladimir Ashkenazy. By Vyacheslav Artyomov. Country of Origin: Austria. Classical. CD (1 disc). Published by Naxos (NX.DDA25143).
Price: $18.00
Artyomov: Gentle Emanation, Tristia II — Philip Kopachevsky; Mikhail Philippov (reader); Russian National Orchestra; Vladimir Ponkin; Teodor Currentzis; Vladimir Ponkin; Teodor Currentzis
— CD (1 disc) — Classical
By Philip Kopachevsky; Mikhail Philippov (reader); Russian National Orchestra; Vladimir Ponkin; Teodor Currentzis; Vladimir Ponkin; Teodor Currentzis. By Vyacheslav Artyomov. Country of Origin: Austria. Classical. CD (1 disc). Published by Naxos (NX.DDA25144).
Price: $18.00
Les Musiques de Film de Vladimir Cosma — Vladimir Cosma
piano — —
Composed by Vladimir Cosma. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.COSM05206).
Price: $24.00
Reality (la Boum) — Vladimir Cosma
concert band — conductor's score —
Composed by Vladimir Cosma. Arranged by Vladimir Cosma. Film and TV Music. Conductor's score. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.COSM05136-CO).
Price: $55.00
- Theme and Variations (1935)
- Jubilee Cantata (1938)
- Sonic Contours (1952)
- Fantasy in Space (1952)
- Poem of Cycles and Bells (1954)
- Piece for Tape Recorder (1956)
- Metamorphoses (1957)
- Creation Prologue (1961)
- Suite from No Exit (1962)
- Of Wood and Brass (1965)
- Line of Apogee (1967)
The son of a Russian Army captain, Ussachevsky spent his childhood on the desolate, frigid plains of Manchuria, where his ears were inculcated with traditional Slavonic chants as an altar boy in the Russian Orthodox church. By the time he emigrated to the United States at the age of nineteen, he was already a talented pianist with an aptitude for improvisation and a flair for interpretation of the Romantic literature. After obtaining his Ph.D. in composition from the Eastman School of Music in 1939, Ussachevsky gained a professorship at Columbia University, a position he held for 34 years. Some of his notable pupils included Charles Dodge, Robert Moog, Alice Shields, Harvey Sollberger, and Charles Wuorinen.
In October 1952, he and Otto Luening gave their now legendary concert of tape music at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the first ever of its kind in the United States. A Rockefeller Foundation grant enabled him to found in 1959, along with his teacher and later collaborator Otto Luening, the first American electroacoustic studio, the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Ussachevsky authored a highly inventive and emotionally expressive body of works, and his unique contributions to the field of early electronic music should not be underestimated.