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Sitsky, Larry was born on September 10, 1934 in Tianjin, China. Arrived in Australia, 1951. Son of Abraham and Sarah (Toper) Sitsky.
( Soviet and Russian music of the first third of the 20th...)
Soviet and Russian music of the first third of the 20th century--with the exception of the music of a few high-profile composers who were officially sponsored by the State--is still largely unexplored territory, known only to a few specialists. Nevertheless, the music has considerable intrinsic value well beyond its curiosity appeal, and includes many pieces unaccountably forgotten and certainly worth reviving, to the ultimate enhancement of our concert repertoire. The study of this music also explains much about the foundations of Soviet culture and its subsequent suppression and decline under the Stalinist yoke. The purpose of this volume is to stimulate interest in this little-known area of Soviet/Russian music. The works charted here constitute a great flowering of avant-garde music which was then savagely dealt with for Stalin's political purposes.
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( Anton Rubinstein, a seminal figure in Russian music, wa...)
Anton Rubinstein, a seminal figure in Russian music, was not only a great pianist but also a monumental influence in Russian music education. Rubinstein is responsible for laying the groundwork for Russia's tertiary educational system for the training of musicians and for establishing the use of Western structural forms in Russian music. He later became the foundation director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Detailing Rubinstein's pianistic and conducting repertoire, this work provides insight into Russian nineteenth-century performance practice, and the biography presents a sober assessment of Rubinstein's place in history. The author has researched valuable Russian sources to make this assessment of Rubinstein available in English and has provided informative guidelines for further research. In attempting to reinstate Rubinstein as an important figure in the history of Russian and international music, this study makes available to conductors and musicologists updated information on an important nineteenth-century music figure and an aspect of Russian music that has either been forgotten or ignored. Researchers and scholars will appreciate the annotated thematic catalog that includes all of Rubinstein's many works for piano, the extensive repertoire lists, and the extensive bibliography.
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composer educator musicologist pianist
Sitsky, Larry was born on September 10, 1934 in Tianjin, China. Arrived in Australia, 1951. Son of Abraham and Sarah (Toper) Sitsky.
Graduate, New South Wales State Conservatorium Music, Sydney, Australia, 1956. Postgraduate, New South Wales State Conservatorium Music, 1958. Postgraduate, San Francisco Convervatory, 1961.
Doctor of Fine Arts, Australian National University, 1997.
Chief study piano teacher Queensland State Conservatorium of Music, 1961-1965. Guest lecturer Queensland University on Contemporary Music, 1961-1965. Head keyboard studies Canberra School of Music, 1966-1978, head department composition and electronic music, 1978-1981, head department composition and musicology, 1981-1983, head department composition, since 1983.
Guest lecturer department extension and continuing studies Australian National University, since 1983. Resident composer Australian Academy of Music, 1998, International String School, Melbourne, 1996, 97.
( Soviet and Russian music of the first third of the 20th...)
( Anton Rubinstein, a seminal figure in Russian music, wa...)
Fellow Australian Academy of Humanities.
Married Magda Wlczek. Children: Petra, David.