Oleksandr Semenovych Teplytskyi (b. 2 September 1902, Temir-Khan-Shura - 29 July 1979, Lviv) was a Ukrainian Soviet composer and teacher.
Biography.
He was born on 2 September 1902 in the city of Temir Khan Shura (now Buinaksk, Dagestan, Russia). In 1924-1929 he taught at a music school. In 1929, he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatoire with a degree in composition. He taught there until 1940. In 1942-1944, he was the head of the Red Army amateur artistic activity. From 1945 to 1947, he was the artistic director of the Tajik Philharmonic Orchestra of Folk Instruments. In 1947-1948, he was a lecturer at the Chisinau Conservatory. Since 1948, he was a lecturer (since 1966, associate professor) at the Lviv Conservatory. He died in Lviv on 29 July 1979.
Works
for symphony orchestra - Solemn March (1930), Elegy (1929);
for brass band - Two marches (1944), Three marches (1957);
for string quartet - Reflections (1947), Lyrical Pages (1958), Two Fugues (1966);
for woodwind quartet - arrangement of the Georgian folk song Tsitsinatela (1943);
for piano - Theme with Variations (1927), Sonata (1929);
for accordion - Gavot (1963);
for orchestra of Tajik folk instruments - Three pieces (1946);
for voice and piano - romances to the words of A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, K. Fofanov;
choruses - I was born in Russia (words by S. Ostrovy, 1958), Komsomol members (words by P. Gradov, 1958), Hearts of Ilyich (words by B. Kezhun, 1960), Our Fatherland (words by M. Berengof, 1963), Evening Lights (words by M. Lavryshyn, 1964);
songs to the lyrics of Soviet poets;
music for dramatic performances and films.
Author of works:
Short dictionary of musical terms. 1947;
Tonal and harmonic composition of music. 1953;
Harmony Course for Theoretical and Compositional Departments of Music Schools, part 1. 1955;
The system of chords in C major-minor, presented in tables.
