Deshevov: March Op. 1-2 (1914/1919)

Описание

Vladimir Mikhailovich Deshevov(1889-1955) was a Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg in 1889. He studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory in from 1908 to 1914 with Anatoly Lyadov, Maximilian Steinberg, and Leonid Nikolaev. Today he is notorious for Avand-garde incidental works for stage in 1920's. and opera "Ice and Steel" (1930) revived in 2007 was the final one. In the 1930's he had to change his style into the more conservative one due to Stalin's dictatorship, but he continued to compose numerous works for theater and it became his main carrier until his death.

On the other hand he wrote many piano works in his early years and they need more attention. After demobilization he took place in the cultural and educational activity in the south Russia until he returned to Petrograd in 1922. Especially in the period in Sevastopol in 1920-22, he found the first Russian Folk Conservatory in the city. It was the most prolific days for him in from 1920 to 1923. He composed the outstanding pieces for piano.

Like his Etude Op.1-1, this march was also composed soon before the WWI,in 1914. The dedicatee of this piece was Sergei Prokofiev, and in fact it has his influence. However the middle section has rather his own character. The sound pattern is as same as his Scherzo.


The study shows that this version is the revised one in 1919 after the WWI, but I don't know the first version and its difference from the revised.

The commercial recording of this piece, surprisingly, doesn't exist until now (as of January 2017) .

Владимир Дешевов: Марш соч. 1-2