A. K. Lyadov is a great Russian composer who worked at the turn of two centuries: the nineteenth and twentieth. He studied with the great and famous - N. Rimsky-Korsakov.
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov was born in St. Petersburg in 1855. The composer worked and worked in his hometown. His love of music is far from coincidental. The Lyadov family was associated with music. worked at the Mariinsky Theater where he was a conductor. Aunt taught young Tolik how to play the piano. The composer's life was not easy. died when he was six years old. The father began to lead a riotous life. This, most likely, was the reason for the formation of some negative personal qualities, such as lack of will and lack of concentration.
From 1867 to 1878 Lyadov. His teachers were famous all over the world. The composer graduated with excellent marks. All the teachers praised him and pinned great hopes on the young man. One of Lyadov's teachers helped the young man - a fellowship of composers. However, in a short time, this community disintegrated. A new one appeared, into which Anatoly entered. Together with other composers, Lyadov joined the work and leadership of the team. He selected, edited and published new compositions.
Personal life of Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
The composer did not flaunt his personal life. He tried to hide her as much as possible from unnecessary and annoying eyes. Lyadov did not want to focus his attention, that he did not even share this joyful event with loved ones. Soon they had a child.
Lyadov's wife almost never went out with him. However, this did not interfere with the relationship. He lived a happy and long life with her. They became parents and raised two wonderful children, who later became their greatest joy in life.
The work of the composer
Contemporaries sometimes said that Lyadov wrote very little. Perhaps this can be justified by the fact that. He had to earn money to feed himself and his family. The composer devoted a lot of time to pedagogy.
In the late seventies of the nineteenth century Lyadova. The work was in the first place for the composer. Anatoly stayed there until the end of his days. However, he also found additional income. Lyadov at the court.
Once the composer admitted that he composes very little and only in between teaching. turned out to be the most original and demanded of Lyadov's early works. By the end of the eighties, the composer emerges as a master of miniature. Between 1887 and 1890 Lyadov wrote three notebooks of Children's Songs. Later Lyadov.
The last years of the life of Anatoly Lyadov
It was during these years that the masterpieces created by Lyadov appeared.
In the first decade of the twentieth century, Anatoly created such works as "Kikimora", "Magic Lake", "Baba Yaga". In symphonic music, the last piece was "Sorrowful Song".
In August 1914.
