Isaac Schwartz
Isaac Schwartz | |
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Leningrad Conservatory | |
Occupation | composer |
Known for | film music |
Awards | Nika Award (1992) |
Isaac Iosifovich Schwartz (Russian: Исаак Иосифович Шварц; 13 May 1923 – 27 December 2009), also known as Isaak Shvarts, was a Soviet composer.[1]
Schwartz was born in
Schwartz's father was professor of
During the
Schwartz's first major commission was the music for the film Our Correspondent in 1959. He went on to compose the music for more than 100 Soviet films, including
Schwartz also composed music for ballets and theatrical performances and, to a lesser extent, for television. His one symphony, Gelbe Sterne – Purimspiel im Ghetto, composed in 1993, was first performed in Saint Petersburg in 2000: it was inspired by the story of the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania. The work was recorded on Capriccio with Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Spivakov in 2005 (currently available as a download only).
Schwartz died in
Selected filmography
- Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha (1967)
- The Seventh Companion (1967)
- The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
- The Stationmaster (1972)
- The Straw Hat (1974)
- The Flight of Mr. McKinley (1975)
- Dersu Uzala (1975)
- Melodies of a White Night (1976)
- Where were you, Odysseus?(1978)
- Do Not Shoot at White Swans (1980)
- Sofia Kovalevskaya (1985)
- Wild Pigeon (1986)
- Luna Park (1992)
- Empire under Attack(2000)
References
- ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ a b "Isaac Schwartz, Soviet Composer, Dies at 86", New York Times, 30 December 2009.
- ^ a b Wilson, Elizabeth (1994). "Shostakovich: A Life Remembered." Faber and Faber, p. 220.
- ^ Wilson, Elizabeth (1994). "Shostakovich: A Life Remembered." Faber and Faber, p. 221.
- ^ ЛУЧШАЯ МУЗЫКА К ФИЛЬМУ, Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences, retrieved 2010-01-01[permanent dead link]. (in Russian)
External links
- Isaac Schwartz at IMDb
- Isaac Schwartz at Find a Grave