Tamara Vakhvakhishvili

Composer Tamara Nikolayevna Vakhvakhishvili^[1] (23 December 1893 – 1976)^[2] was born in Warsaw, but lived much of her life in Georgia, where she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[3]

Vakhvakhishvili studied piano and composition at the music school in Tbilisi, Georgia (today the Tbilisi State Conservatoire). From 1921 to 1923, she served as the director of the school. From 1922 to 1926, she headed the music department of the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi. In 1927, Vakhvakhishvili studied composition with Paul Vidal at the Paris Conservatoire. She met artist and set designer David Kakabadze while she was in Paris, and later worked with him at the Kutaisi-Batumi State Drama Theater.^[4] She worked at the Marjanishvili Theatre from 1928 to 1933, then moved to Moscow. In 1940, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[3]

List of compositions

Vakhvakhishvili's compositions^[5] included:

Ballet

Bacchus' Holiday^[6]

Herb of Love^[3]

Spartacus^[3]

Orchestra

Dance Suite^[3]

March of the Heroes^[3]

Symphonic Etude^[3]

Violin Concerto^[7]

Theatre

Don Khil (musical comedy)^[3]

Iranian Pantomime^[3]

Khandzari (pantomime)^[3]

Mzetamzem (pantomime)^[2]

Uriel Acosta (tragedy in three acts)^[8]^[9]

Vocal

Cantata (solo voice, choir and orchestra; text by B. Bronevsky and Nikolai Tikhonov)^[3]

Citation (solo voice and orchestra; text by Shota Rustaveli; Russian translation by Konstantin Balmont)^[3]

Georgian Folk Ballad (orator and orchestra)^[3]

References

^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ a b "Modernism.Ge". modernism.ge. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Shavgulidze, Ketevan (Keti). "Expansion. Hoppla, We're Alive!". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Fieldhouse, David; Ho, Allan Benedict; Feofanov, Dmitry (1989). Biographical Dictionary of Russian/Soviet Composers. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-24485-8.
^ Asatʻiani, Nodar; Janeliże, Otʻar (2009). History of Georgia: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Publishing House Petite. ISBN 978-9941-9063-6-7.
^ Bröker, Tobias (2016). The 20th century violin concertante : a repertoire catalogue of the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006 (3rd ed.). Stuttgart. ISBN 9783000500015. OCLC 1039098041.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre". mail.marjanishvili.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ Sepiashvili, Otar (2011-06-30). Memory Symphony—Chronicles and Interludes of the Fate of Georgian Jews: Symphony—Chronicles and Interludes of the Fate of Georgian Jews. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4628-8378-3.

[1] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[:0-2] "Modernism.Ge". modernism.ge. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

[:1-3] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] Shavgulidze, Ketevan (Keti). "Expansion. Hoppla, We're Alive!". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[5] Fieldhouse, David; Ho, Allan Benedict; Feofanov, Dmitry (1989). Biographical Dictionary of Russian/Soviet Composers. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-24485-8.

[6] Asatʻiani, Nodar; Janeliże, Otʻar (2009). History of Georgia: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Publishing House Petite. ISBN 978-9941-9063-6-7.

[7] Bröker, Tobias (2016). The 20th century violin concertante : a repertoire catalogue of the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006 (3rd ed.). Stuttgart. ISBN 9783000500015. OCLC 1039098041.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[8] "Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre". mail.marjanishvili.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

[9] Sepiashvili, Otar (2011-06-30). Memory Symphony—Chronicles and Interludes of the Fate of Georgian Jews: Symphony—Chronicles and Interludes of the Fate of Georgian Jews. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4628-8378-3.