Yakiv Stepovy
Ukrainian composer and music critic
Yakiv Stepanovych Stepovy (Ukrainian: Яків Степовий) (October 20, 1883 – November 4, 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, music teacher, and music critic.
Stepovy was born Yakiv Yakymenko (Akimenko) in Kharkiv, in the Russian Empire (in present-day Ukraine). Stepovy's older brother, Theodore Akimenko [fr]), was also a composer.[1] Stepovy was a representative of the Ukrainian musical intelligentsia of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of the national school of composition and composed in the tradition of Mykola Lysenko.[2]
Stepovy was a graduate of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied with Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and graduated in 1914.[1][3]
During World War I, Stepovy was recruited to the military, where he worked as a secretary on a hospital train.[3] He served in the military for almost three years, until he managed to get released in April 1917.[4] After this he settled in Kyiv where he worked as a teacher at the Kyiv Conservatory and a musical critic.[2]
He was a master at choral and piano works, the author of music collections for children, teacher of the Kyiv Conservatory and founder of the State vocal quartet.[1]
Art songs by Stepovy
The Word
Lyrics by Lesya Ukrainka. Performed by Pavlo Hunka (bass-baritone) and Albert Krywolt (piano)
Do Not Take the Willow from the Green Grove
Lyrics by Oleksandr Oles. Performed by Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) and Albert Krywolt (piano)
My Captive Thought
Lyrics by Lesya Ukrainka. Performed by Krisztina Szabó (mezzo-soprano) and Albert Krywolt (piano)
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See also
- List of Ukrainian composers – see other Ukrainian composers of the same period
References
- ^ a b c Savytsky, Roman. "Stepovy, Yakiv". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ a b Яків Степовий – продовжувач традицій М. Лисенка (Yakiv Stepovy – continuer of Mykola Lysenko's traditions) article on website of Ukrainian People's Party (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b Yakiv Stepovyi (1883–1921) – biography on Ukrainian Art Song Project page
- ^ Я. С. Степовий (1883–1921 pp.) full biography at akolada.org.ua (in Ukrainian)
External links
Media related to Yakov Stepovoy at Wikimedia Commons- Stepovy, Yakiv - biography, creativity, sheet music
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