Ukrainian composer, pianist, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1954).
Biography
He was born on December 11 (24), 1905 in Odessa. In 1929, he graduated from the Odessa Music and Drama Institute, where he studied with Mykola Vilinsky and Maria Rybytska. Since then, his teacher. During the Second World War, he was evacuated to Tbilisi, where he led the song and dance ensemble of the NKVD troops of the Transcaucasia.
After the end of the war, he returned to Odessa, where he held the position of rector of the conservatory (1944–1951), as well as the head of the department of composition. In 1946, he became a member of the CPSU(b). Since 1953, he has been a professor at the Kyiv Conservatory. Among his students are Borys Alekseenko, Kostyantyn Myaskov, Georgy Miretsky and others.
Elected as a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR for 4-6 convocations (1955–1967). In 1956–1967, he was the chairman of the board of the Union of Composers of Ukraine. He was elected many times as a deputy of the Kyiv City Council of Workers' Deputies, was a member of the Soviet Committee for the Protection of Peace, the chairman of the Romanian-Soviet Friendship Society, a member of the Committee on Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.
He lived in Kyiv at Pushkinska Street, 21. He died on February 26, 1984. Buried in Kyiv at the Baikovo cemetery.
Writings
The grave of Kostyantyn Dankevich
operas —
"Tragedy Night" (libretto by V. Ivanovich and D. after O. Bezymenskyi, 1934, premiere — May 22, 1935, Odesa),
"Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" (libretto by B. Vasilevska and O. Korniychuk, 1950, premiere — January 20, 1951, Kyiv, 2nd ed. — 1953, orchestration by B. Yarovynskyi),
"Nazar Stodolya" (libretto by L. Predslavych after T. Shevchenko, 1959, Kyiv);
ballet
"Lily" (libretto by V. Chagovets after T. Shevchenko, 1940, premiere — August 26, 1940, Kyiv);
film-ballet "Lily" (1958);
operetta
"Golden Keys" (libretto by Ya. Ziskind and G. Koltunov, 1943, Tbilisi);
other works
oratorio "October" (1958, words of modern Ukrainian poets);
cantata "The Dawn of Communism Has Risen Over Us." Duma about Ukraine" (own words), 1961;
for symphony orchestra — Solemn Overture (1928), Solemn March (1928), poem "Othello" (1937), First Symphony (1937), poem "Taras Shevchenko" (1938), suites — "No pasaran!" (1938), "Bohdan Khmelnitsky" (1940), "Lily" (1940), Second Symphony (1945)
chamber-instrumental ensembles — String Quartet (1928), Trio for skr., cello and piano (1930), "Song and Dance" for skr. and piano (1930);
for piano — Sonata (1928), Three Pieces (1929), Poem (1956);
romances (10) based on the words of Alexander Pushkin, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, Maxim Rylsky, Margarita Aliger, Pavel Tychyna, Volodymyr Sosyura, Stepan Rudansky, and others.
for choir with accompaniment "On the south of the Motherland, where the sea roars", words by L. Barabanov (1955), cantata "Youth's Greeting to Moscow", words by P. Voronka (1956), "On the flag of Kyiv - Lenin's order", own words (1956 ) etc.;
unaccompanied choirs - "To the Red Army", lyrics by V. Sosyura (1942), "Songs about Humanity" lyrics by Oleksiy Surkov (1961);
arrangements of Ukrainian and Russian folk songs (6);
About 100 songs to the words of Soviet poets;
music for theatrical performances - "Servant of Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni (1934), "Othello" (1935), "Much Ado About Nothing" (1940) and "Hamlet" (1956) by William Shakespeare, "Boris Godunov" by Alexander Pushkin (1937) , "Pravda" (1937), "Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" (1939), "The Death of the Squadron" (1951) by Oleksandr Korniychuk, etc. Music for the films "Born by the Storm" (1957), "Lily" (1958), etc.
Cinematographic activity
He worked in the cinema since the 1930s. Author of music for films:
"Pedro" (1938)
"Squadron No. 5" (1939)
"300 years ago..." (1956)
"Truth" (1957)
Born of the Storm (1958)
"Thought about Ukraine" (1960, t/f based on the cantata of the same name).
In 1958, Vakhtang Vronsky and Vasyl Lapoknysh filmed Konstantin Dankevich's ballet "Lily" based on the poetic works of Taras Shevchenko.
honors
In 1978, Konstantin Dankevich and six other artists were awarded the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR named after Taras Shevchenko for the opera "Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" (new edition) at the Dnipropetrovsk Opera and Ballet Theater. Kostyantyn Dankevich was also awarded the Order of Lenin (1960), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1954), and a number of honorary medals.
Commemoration
Memorial plaque on Yevhena Chikalenko Street, 21
The name of K. F. Dankevich was assigned to the Odesa Music School.
On November 28, 1985, a memorial plaque (bronze; bas-relief; sculptor O. O. Kovalev, architect O. B. Ivantsov) was installed in the building on Pushkinska Street (modern Yevhena Chikalenko), 21, where the composer lived from 1952 to 1984, in Kyiv. .
In 1987, a street in Kyiv was named after him.
Discography
"Bohdan Khmelnytskyi", an opera in 4 acts, a set of 5 records. Bohdan Khmelnytsky — M. Grishko, Ambassador of Great Russia — V. Matveev, Maksym Kryvonis — B. Hmyria, Bohun — V. Boryshchenko, Varvara — N. Honcharenko, Solomiya — L. Rudenko, Lyzogub — S. Kogan, Dyak Gavrilo — M Romenskyi, Helena — L. Lobanova, Tour — P. Haychuk, Pototskyi — M. Chastiy, Koshovyi — D. Hnatyuk, choir and orchestra. Kyiv. Govt. opera and ballet theater named after T. Shevchenko, director V. Piradov. — M.: "Melodia", D 01813-22, 1954
"Taras Shevchenko", symphonic poem, "Lily", syuate from the ballet — vyk. symphony orc Ukraine radio, dir. K. Simeonov. — M.: "Melodia", D 6749-50, 1960
"Nazar Stodolya", an opera in 3 acts, a set of 3 discs, Nazar - V. Gurov, Hnat - V. Lutchenko, Khoma - O. Chulyuk-Zagray, Galya - K. Radchenko, Stekha - L. Rudenko , choir and orchestra. Kyiv. Govt. opera and ballet theater named after T. Shevchenko, director O. Ryabov, — M.: "Melodia", D 14407-12, C 0923-28, 1964, etc.
