Ukrainian pianist, music theorist, critic and composer.
Biography.
He studied piano with M. Tutkovsky. In 1891, he graduated from his class at the Kyiv School of RMT as an external student.
He taught at the Kyiv Music School of M. Tutkovsky.
In the 1920s, he worked at the Kyiv School of Arts.
Since 1891 he collaborated with various Kyiv periodicals.
Since 1908 he was a permanent music critic of the newspaper "Kyivlianyn". Pseudonyms: "A.K.", "K.".
His articles are devoted to the musical life of Kyiv, concerts. They were distinguished by their depth of judgment and progressive views and played a significant role in the development of Ukrainian musical culture.
Oleksandr Kanevtsev is the author of piano pieces and etudes, as well as romances.
He is the author of the Textbook of Elementary Music Theory (1897, 1912).
Author of
Textbook of elementary music theory. 1897.
Textbook of elementary music theory / compiled by A. A. Kanevtsov. 2nd ed: L. Idzikowski, 1912. 125. Lietuvos integrali bibliotekų informacijos sistema (in Russian)
Kanevtsov A. City Theater. Benefit of M. M. Gushchina // Kievan. 1910. No. 11 (in Russian)
Kanevtsov A. Fedir Ilyich Hushchyn (Obituary) // Kievan, 1912. No. 105. - p. 4 (in Ukrainian)
Kanevtsov A. The second concert of S. V. Rachmaninoff // Kievan. 1915. № 338
Kanevtsov A. A. Performances with participation of Chaliapin // Kievan. 1915. № 65
Kanevtsov A. A. Symphonic concert in memory of S. Taneyev // Kievan. 1915. № 172
Kanevtsov A. A. The result of musical life in Kyiv in 1914 // Kievan. 1915. № 5
Kanevtsov A. A. The fourth morning of chamber music (works by Gliere) // Kievan. 1915. № 20
Kanevtsov A. A. The fifth morning of chamber music (with the participation of N. Turchynsky, works by Saint-Saëns, Zarembsky) // Kievan. 1915. № 63
