Pirumov, Alexander

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Pirumov, Alexander

Pirumov, Alexander, Russian composer; b. Tiflis, Feb. 6, 1930; d. Moscow, July 20, 1995. He studied composition with Kabalevsky at the Moscow Cons. (graduated, 1956). He taught piano first at the music school attached to the Cons. (1956–62), then at the Cons. itself (1962–71; lecturer, from 1971). His Prelude and Toccata (1962) and Scherzo (1974) were required pieces for the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition.

Works

orch.: 4 syms. (1956; for Strings and Percussion, 1963; 1965; 1973); Concert Variations for Piano and Orch. (1972). chamber: 4 string quartets (1954,1955,1959,1967). keyboard:Piano: 2 sonatinas (1961, 1966); Children’s Album (24 pieces; 1968); Variations on a Theme of Bartók (1968); Sonata (1973). Organ: 5 Preludes (1967). vocal:October Days, oratorio (1967); Requiem in Memory of My Brother (1975; in memory of his brother, who was killed in World War II).

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