NIKOLAI YAKOVLEVICH MYASKOVSKY
Chronology
1881 Born 8/20 April in Novogeorgiyevsk
1889 Family moves to Kazan; aunt Yelikonida gives him piano lessons
1893 Enrols in Nizhny-Novgorod Cadet Corps
1895-9 Student at St Petersburg Cadet College
1899-1902 Attends St Petersburg Military Engineering School
1901 Prelude in C sharp minor for piano
1903 Studies with Glier in Moscow
Fantasy in F minor for piano
2 Romances for voice and piano
1903-6 From Youth, Opus 2, 12 romances for voice and piano
1903-7 Serves as military officer in St Petersburg
1904 Idyll for piano
2 Fantasies for piano
Silence for voice and piano
1904-8 On the Threshold, Opus 4, 18 romances for voice and piano
1905 Piano Sonata [unpublished]
Scherzando for piano
2 Romances for voice and piano
1905-8 Songs on Poems by Zinaida Gippius , Opus 5, for voice and piano
1906-11 Studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory under Rimsky-Korsakov and Liadov; befriends Prokofiev
1907 Meditations, Opus 1, 7 poems for voice and piano
begins Fifth Piano Sonata (1944)
1907-9 First Piano Sonata in D minor, Opus 6
1908 First Symphony in C minor, Opus 3 (rev. 1921)
3 Sketches, Opus 8, for voice and piano
Zvenya, suite (rev. 1945)
Begins Sixth String Quartet (1944)
1908-9 Madrigal, Opus 7, suite for voice and piano
1909 Overture for orchestra (rev. 1949)
Begins Fourth String Quartet (1937)
1909-10 Silence, Opus 9, symphonic poem
1910 Begins Third String Quartet (1930)
Begins Tenth String Quartet (1945)
1910-11 Sinfonietta, Opus 10, for small orchestra
Second Symphony in C sharp minor, Opus 11
1911 Graduates from St Petersburg Conservatory
First Cello Sonata in D major, Opus 12 (rev. 1930)
1912 Second Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Opus 13
1912-13 Alastor, Opus 14, symphonic poem
1913-14 Premonitions, Opus 16, 6 sketches for voice and piano
1914 Third Symphony in A minor, Opus 15
Recalled to military service
1917 Transferred to Revel, suffering from shell-shock
19 Pieces, Opus 16a, for piano
1917-19 Following the October Revolution, he is assigned to the Naval General Staff
1917-18 Fourth Symphony in E minor, Opus 17
1917-22 Whimsies, Opus 25, 6 sketches for piano
1918 Fifth Symphony in D major, Opus 18
1920 Third Piano Sonata in C minor, Opus 19
1921 Demobilised; becomes Professor of Composition at Moscow Conservatory
6 Blok Poems, Opus 20, for voice and piano
1921-3 Sixth Symphony in E flat minor, Opus 23, for orchestra and chorus ad libitum
1922 At Close of Day, Opus 21, 3 sketches for voice and piano
Seventh Symphony in B minor, Opus 24
1924-5 Eighth Symphony in A major, Opus 26
Fourth Piano Sonata in C minor, Opus 27
1925 8 Delvig Songs, Opus 22, for voice and piano
1926-7 Ninth Symphony in E minor, Opus 28
Tenth Symphony in F minor, Opus 30
1927 Reminiscences, Opus 29, six pieces for piano
1928 Yellowed Leaves, Opus 31, seven pieces for piano
1928-32 Period of Soviet Cultural Revolution; Leftist groups ascendant; symphonic music of Myaskovsky, Shebalin, Shcherbachov frowned upon
1929 Serenade in E flat minor, Opus 32/1, for small orchestra
First Sinfonietta in B minor, Opus 32/2, for string orchestra
1929 Lyric Concertino in G major, Opus 32/3, for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, harp and string orchestra
1930 First String Quartet in A minor, Opus 33/1
Second String Quartet in C minor, Opus 33/2
Third String Quartet in D minor, Opus 33/3
1930 2 Marches, Opus 31b, for wind orchestra
1931 3 Marching Songs, Opus 31c, for chorus and piano
1931-2 Eleventh Symphony in B flat minor, Opus 34
Twelfth Symphony in G minor, Opus 35, "Collective Farm"
1932 Song on Lenin for chorus and piano
Song on Karl Marx for chorus and piano
1933 Thirteenth Symphony in B flat minor, Opus 36
Fourteenth Symphony in C major, Opus 37
1933-4 Fifteenth Symphony in D minor, Opus 38
1934 Komsomol-Songs for chorus and piano
Sixteenth Symphony in F major, Opus 39, "Aviation"
Honour the Soviet Pilots for chorus acapella
1935-39 Stalin's Great Terror; many Soviet artists repressed
1935-6 12 Lermontov Songs, Opus 40, for voice and piano
1936 Life Has Become More Joyful, Opus 40c, song for voice and piano
Through Many Years, Opus 87, for voice and piano (begun 1910)
1936-7 Seventeenth Symphony in G sharp minor, Opus 41
1937 Eighteenth Symphony in C major, Opus 42
rev. Fourth String Quartet in F minor, Opus 33/4 (begun 1909)
1938 Children's Pieces, Opus 43, for piano (begun 1907)
Violin Concerto in D minor, Opus 44
1938-9 Fifth String Quartet in E minor, Opus 47
3 Sketches, Opus 45, for voice and piano
1939 Nineteenth Symphony in E flat major, Opus 46, for wind orchestra
2 Pieces, Opus 46a, for string orchestra
Salutation Overture in D major, Opus 48
1939-40 Sixth String Quartet in G minor, Opus 49
1940 Twentieth Symphony in E flat major, Opus 50
Twenty-first Symphony in F sharp minor, Opus 51, "Symphony-Fantasy"
1941 Evacuated to Tbilisi
2 Marches, Opus 53, for wind band
Stchipachov Lyrics, Opus 52, 10 romances for voice and piano
Twenty-second Symphony in B minor, Opus 54, "Symphony-Ballade"
Seventh String Quartet in F major, Opus 55
Twenty-third Symphony in A minor, Opus 56
1942 Sonatina in E minor, Opus 57, for piano
Song and Rhapsody in B flat major, Opus 58, for piano
Eighth String Quartet in F sharp minor, Opus 59
Dramatic Overture in G minor, Opus 60, for wind band
1942-3 Kirov Is With Us!, Opus 61, cantata for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra
1943 Returns to Moscow
Ninth String Quartet in D minor, Opus 62
Twenty-fourth Symphony in F minor, Opus 63
rev. Sinfonietta (1910)
1944 Fifth Piano Sonata in B major, Opus 64/1 (begun 1907)
Sixth Piano Sonata in A flat major, Opus 64/2 (begun 1908)
1945 Zvenya, Opus 65, 6 sketches for symphony orchestra (from 1908)
Cello Concerto in C minor, Opus 66 (begun 1944)
Tenth String Quartet in F major, Opus 67/1 (begun 1907)
Eleventh String Quartet in E flat major, Opus 67/2
1945-6 Second Sinfonietta in A minor, Opus 68
1946 Twenty-fifth Symphony in D flat major, Opus 69
Slavonic Rhapsody in D minor, Opus 71, for symphony orchestra
Lyric Book, Opus 72, 6 romances for soprano and piano
Compositions, Opus 73, 9 pieces for piano
1946/1947 Violin Sonata in F major, Opus 70
1946-8 Polyphonic Sketches, Opus 78, for piano
1947 From the Past, Opus 74, 6 improvisations for piano
The Kremlin By Night, Opus 75, cantata for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra
Pathetic Overture, Opus 76
Twelfth String Quartet in G major, Opus 77
1948 Myaskovsky is one of half a dozen leading Soviet composers condemned for "formalism"
Twenty-sixth Symphony in C major, Opus 79, "On Russian Themes"
Divertimento in E flat major, Opus 80, for symphony orchestra
1948-9 Second Cello Sonata in A minor, Opus 81 (also in version for viola)
1949 Seventh Piano Sonata in C major, Opus 82
Eighth Piano Sonata in D minor, Opus 83
Ninth Piano Sonata in F major, Opus 84
Twenty-seventh Symphony in C minor, Opus 85
Thirteenth String Quartet in A minor, Opus 86
1950 From Many Years, Opus 87, 15 songs (revisions 1901-36)
Dies 8 August in Moscow


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