Background
Arapov, Boris Aleksandrovich was born on September 12, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Alexander Borisovich and Eliszbeta Ivanovna (Merz) Arapov.
Arapov, Boris Aleksandrovich was born on September 12, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Alexander Borisovich and Eliszbeta Ivanovna (Merz) Arapov.
Student, conservatoire, Leningrad, 1930.
works for opera and ballet) Hodja Nasreddin (Uzbek comic opera) 1944, Frigate "Victory” (opera) 1957, Rain (chamber opera) 1965, Portrait of Dorian Gray (ballet) 1971; (orchestral works) Tadzhik Suite 1938, Russian Suite 1951, Free China (symphonic poem) 1959, Symphony Number 3 1962, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 1964, Concerto for Full Symphony Orchestra 1969, Concerto for Violin, Piano, Percussion and Chamber Orchestra (In Memory of I. Stravinsky) 1973, Symphony Number 4 for Reciter, Baritone, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Full Symphony Orchestra (after verses by V. Briusov, B. Mayakovsky, S. Orlov, S. Shchipachev, M. Vloshin) 1975; (vocal orchestral works) Vocal Cycle for Tenor, Baritone and Orchestra (on verses by A. Pushkin) 1937, Vocal Cycle for Soprano, Tenor, and Nonet: “Four Times of Year” (on verses by Japanese Chokku) 1977; (orchestral chamber works) Humoresque for Piano 1937, 3 Pieces on Mongol Themes for Clarinet, Violin and Piano 1943, 6 Pieces on Chinese Themes for Piano 1955, Etude-Scherzo for Piano 1967, Sonata for Piano 1970, 3 Pieces for Piano 1970; (vocal chamber works) 4 Romances for Soprano and Piano (on verses by A. Blok) 1947-1963, Negro Protest Songs for Voice and Jazz Orchestra 1940, Four Songs for Voice and Piano 1949, “Monologue" for Baritone, Tuba, Percussion and Piano (after verses by A. Voznesensky) 1969, Four Sonnets by Petrarch for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano 1975, Second Sonata for Piano 1976, Sonata for Violin and Piano 1978, two Monologues for Baritone and Piano (on verses by B. Pasternak) 1980, Symphony Number 5 1981, Symphony Number 6 1983, Choreographic Poem on Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Grey 1983. Teacher at Leningrad Conservatoire since 1930. Professor since 1940, Head of Department Composition. Secretary of Board Leningrad Section, Soviet Composers' Union.
People's Artist of RSFSR since 1976.
Member Union Soviet Composers (secretary 1977).
Married Tatiana Pavlovna Todorova, December 2, 1933. Children: Margarita, Tatiana.