Иван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin (Russian: Иван Евстафьевич Хандошкин) (1747 … Read Full Bio ↴Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin (Russian: Иван Евстафьевич Хандошкин) (1747 – 29 or 30 March 1804) was a Russian violinist and composer. He has been described as "the finest Russian violinist of the eighteenth century".[1] He studied under Tito Porta with other Italian influences being Domenico dall’Oglio and Pietro Peri. He was a musician at the Russian court from 1765, of which he later became kapellmeister, and he taught violin at the Academy of Fine Arts. He and Potyomkin founded a music academy in Yekaterinoslav in 1785, but this endeavor failed, and Khandoshkin returned to St. Petersburg in 1789.[1]
Ivan was born as a serf but eventually achieved freedom through his music in the court of Tsar Peter III. As it turns out Tsar Peter was quite a music fan. When his wife, Catherine, forcefully overtook the throne he said that all he wanted was his mistress, his negro, his dog, and his violin. Ivan remained as the court musician. His most notable works are six violin sonatas and several pieces based on folk songs. He is famous for being one of, if not the first, musical folklorist of the western world. His devotion to writing Russian folk songs can probably be attributed to his background. His music (primarily for the violin) is comparable to music by his contemporaries such as Giuseppe Tartini's student, Antonio Lolli (whose stunts on the violin preceded Paganini), Gaetano Pugnani, Ludwig Spohr, and many others. His music was unfamiliar to the average western ear until recently, when violinist Anastasia Khitruk discovered some of the sheet music and began performing several works, and later recorded them for Naxos #8.570028 in St. Petersburg at St. Cathrine's Church in 2005.[2] The so-called "Khandoshkin's viola concerto in C Major, written in 1801" published for the first time by the State Publishing House, Moscow, in 1947 and released in the former Soviet Union on Melodya, with Rudolf Barshai, playing viola and conducting the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in reality is not a Khandoshkin' composition, but a musical hoax by Mikhail Goldstein.
Ivan was born as a serf but eventually achieved freedom through his music in the court of Tsar Peter III. As it turns out Tsar Peter was quite a music fan. When his wife, Catherine, forcefully overtook the throne he said that all he wanted was his mistress, his negro, his dog, and his violin. Ivan remained as the court musician. His most notable works are six violin sonatas and several pieces based on folk songs. He is famous for being one of, if not the first, musical folklorist of the western world. His devotion to writing Russian folk songs can probably be attributed to his background. His music (primarily for the violin) is comparable to music by his contemporaries such as Giuseppe Tartini's student, Antonio Lolli (whose stunts on the violin preceded Paganini), Gaetano Pugnani, Ludwig Spohr, and many others. His music was unfamiliar to the average western ear until recently, when violinist Anastasia Khitruk discovered some of the sheet music and began performing several works, and later recorded them for Naxos #8.570028 in St. Petersburg at St. Cathrine's Church in 2005.[2] The so-called "Khandoshkin's viola concerto in C Major, written in 1801" published for the first time by the State Publishing House, Moscow, in 1947 and released in the former Soviet Union on Melodya, with Rudolf Barshai, playing viola and conducting the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in reality is not a Khandoshkin' composition, but a musical hoax by Mikhail Goldstein.
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01Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 3 No. 1: I. Marcia. MaestosoИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
026 Old Russian Songs: No. 3. Little dove why do you sit so sadly?Иван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
036 Old Russian Songs: No. 4. What happened and why?Иван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
04Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 3, No. 1: III. Andante con variazioniИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
05Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 3, No. 1: II. Allegro assaiИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
066 Old Russian Songs: No. 2. Is this my fate, this fate?Иван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
076 Old Russian Songs: No. 1. Along the bridge, this bridgeИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
086 Old Russian Songs: No. 5. Once I gathered golden sheavesИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
096 Old Russian Songs: No. 6. Once I was a young manИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
10Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 3, No. 3: II. Minuetto graziosoИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
11Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 3, No. 1: I. Marcia: MaestosoИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
12Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 3, No. 3: I. Andante maestosoИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
13Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 3, No. 1: I. Marcia - MaestosoИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
14Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 3, No. 3: III. Allegro vivaceИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
162 Russian Songs with Variations, Op. 4: No. 2, What I Lose, I LoveИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
17Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 2: II. Tempo di minuettoИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
18Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 2: III. Rondo - AllegroИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
19Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 2: I. AndanteИван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
20Sonata for solo violin in G minor - II. Allegro assai [Lydia Mordkovitch]Иван Евстафьевич ХандошкинИван Евстафьевич Хандошкин
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