Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky
A picture of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
Born	February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1813 Gorodishche, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 17, 1873(1873-04-17) (aged 60) Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Burial place	Vagankovo Cemetery[1]
Other names	Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky, Semyon Artemovs’kyj
Occupations	Composer actor singer dramatist
Known for	Zaporozhets za Dunayem
Relatives	Petro Hulak-Artemovsky (uncle)

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky (Ukrainian: Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) (February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1813^[2] – April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1873^[3]), was an opera composer, baritone, actor, and dramatist who worked in Imperial Russia.

He is known mainly for his comic opera Zaporozhets za Dunayem (A Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube), as well as for his dramatic talent and his powerful, rich baritone voice. He was the nephew of the poet Petro Hulak-Artemovsky and a close friend of Taras Shevchenko.

Biography

Hulak-Artemovsky was born in

A composer of operas, as well as vocal and instrumental music, Hulak-Artemovsky composed his seminal work Zaporozhets za Dunayem in 1864, after completing the libretto in 1862.

His friendship with Taras Shevchenko began in the fall of 1838, after a chance meeting in St. Petersburg.^[12] The lifelong friendship continued during Shevchenko's incarceration and subsequent release, and was said to have strongly influenced Hulak-Artemovsky's view of the world. He dedicated his song A Maple Tree Stands Over The River (Ukrainian: Стоїть явір над вoдoю, translit. Stoyit' yavir nad vodoyu) to Shevchenko.^[13]

Hulak-Artemovsky died at the age of 60 in Moscow.

Operas

• Ukrainian Wedding (Ukrainian: Українcькe Beciлля, translit. Ukrayins’ke vesillya, translit. Ukrainskaya svad'ba) was first performed in 1851, with Hulak-Artemovsky in the role of the father-in-law.^[11]
• Ivan Kupala Eve (Ukrainian: Hiч на Iвaна Kyпaлa, translit. Nich na Ivana Kupala, translit. Noch' nakanune Ivana Kupala) was first performed in 1852
• Cossack) Beyond the Danube, also referred to as Cossacks in Exile) was premiered April 26 [O.S.
  April 14] 1863 in St. Petersburg, with Hulak-Artemovsky in the role of Karas'.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "1813 – народився Семен Гулак-Артемовський, фундатор української опери". УІНП (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
2. ^ Kaufman, Leonid Serhiĭovych (1973). С.С. Гулак-Артемовский: Жизнь. Личность. Творчество (in Russian). Moscow: Музыка. p. 7. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
3. ^ Antolohii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï poeziï v shesty tomakh: Ukraïnsʹka doz︠h︡ovtneva poezii︠a︡ (in Ukrainian). Vyd-vo khudoz︠h︡. lit-ry "Dnipro". 1984. p. 240. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
4. ISBN 978-966-7217-57-0
   . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
5. ^ Наука і культура, Україна (in Ukrainian). Знання. 1984. p. 358. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
6. ISBN 978-966-608-519-4
   . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
7. ^ "ГУЛАК-АРТЕМОВСКИЙ СЕМЁН СТЕПАНОВИЧ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия". old.bigenc.ru. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
8. ^ "Народився Семен Гулак-Артемовський, оперний співак (баритон), композитор, драматичний актор, драматург, автор першої української опери "Запорожець за Дунаєм"". www.nbuv.gov.ua. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
9. ^ Bilʹshovyk Ukraïny (in Ukrainian). Radi︠a︡nsʹka Ukraïna. 1963. p. 83. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
10. ISSN 2226-2180
    . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Hulak-Artemovsky, Semen". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
12. ^ Спогади про Тараса Шевченка (in Ukrainian). Вид-во художньої літ-ри "Дніпро, ". 1982. p. 515. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
13. ^ "З Піснею в серці До 205-річчя від дня народження С. С.Гулака-Артемовського (1813–1873)". Бібліотека (in Ukrainian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.

• As Semyon Artemovsky at IMDb
• Free scores by Semen Hulak-Artemovsky at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)