DJ on Music Theory Print

Djane Lavoie-Herz

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Djane Lavoie-Herz (20 October 1888– 2 March 1982) was a Canadian pianist and teacher. Life and career According to the Illinois, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991, Djane Lavoie-Herz was born on 20 October 1888 in Ottawa, Ontario. She studied in Montreal with Alfred La Liberté and then went to Europe where she studied in London, Paris, Berlin (where she studied with Artur Schnabel), and Brussels (where she studied with Alexander Scriabin). Through Scriabin’s influence, Herz became interested in Theosophy, a religious movement. The ideas of theosophy were deeply intertwined with Scriabin’s compositions, in which dissonant harmony was seen as spiritual. In 1918, after having studied with Scriabin for two years, Herz moved to Chicago. In 1920, she founded a salon on Grand Boulevard, where she hosted soirees that featured Scriabin’s music and discussions of theosophy. These salons were attended by musicians including Henry Cowell, Dane Rudhyar, and Carl Ruggles. It was through Herz that Seeger met Dane Rudhyar and Henry Cowell, who also had an impact on her career. Composer Vivian Fine also studied piano with Djane Lavoie-Herz in the 1920s, and later studied harmony and co

Djivan Gasparyan

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; , ; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the “Master of the duduk”. In 2006 he was nominated for Grammy Awards for the Best Traditional World Music Album. Biography Born in Solak, Armenia, to parents from Mush, Gasparyan started to play duduk when he was six. In 1948, he became a soloist of the Armenian Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra. He won four medals at UNESCO worldwide competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). In 1973 Gasparyan was awarded the honorary title People’s Artist of Armenia. In 2002, he received the WOMEX (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Honorary citizen of Yerevan. A professor at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory, Gasparyan played as part of the Armenian entry “Apricot Stone” by Eva Rivas at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo and became the oldest ever person to feature in a Eurovision Song Contest performance, but was not officially listed as a guest artist. Death Gasparyan died on 6 July 2021, aged 92. It was an

Djumshud Ashurov

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Djumshud Shevanyaevich Ashurov (born Shumshul Ashurov; ; ; 1913–1980) was the first Soviet composer of Mountain Jewish origin. In 1961, he was awarded the title of “Honored Artist of the Dagestan ASSR”. On 10 April 1970, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal “In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin”. Djumshud Ashurov was the first Mountain Jewish composer. Biography Djumshud Ashurov was born on 9 May 1913, in Derbent, Dagestan Oblast, an administrative-territorial entity in the Russian Empire. In 1930, he entered the Derbent Pedagogical College, where he tried to write his own musical compositions, composed songs, and created an instrumental piece. A memorial plaque was installed on the wall of the house where Djumshud Ashurov lived. In 2013, Derbent celebrated the centenary of Djumshud Ashurov, the first composer of Mountain Jewish heritage. References Literature * * * External links * Djumshud Shevanyaeviya Ashurov - Soviet composer, Honored Artist of the DASSR