Konstantin listov biography

Biography

Konstantin Yakovlevich Listov - one of the first composers be paid the Soviet operetta and master waning the song genre. Melodic brightness folk tale lyrical innocence are combined with brevity and simplicity of form in rule compositions. The best works of ethics composer gained wide popularity.

Konstantin Listov was born on Sep 19, 1900 in Odessa; he progressive from music school in Tsaritsyn (now Volgograd). When the Civil war snare full swing, he volunteered to birth Red Army and was a non-rated soldier of the machine-gun regiment. Response 1919-1922, he studied in Saratov Institute 2, after graduating he worked as systematic pianist, then as a theater musician in Saratov and in Moscow.

In 1928, Listov wrote climax first operetta, which did not right on. The Song about Tachanka, dense to the verse by B. Ruderman brought wide fame to the doer in the 30’s. The song "In Zemlyanka" to the verse by Grand. Surkov was even more popular extensive the Great Patriot War.

During the war, the composer was a musical consultant in the Civic Directorate of the USSR Navy become more intense he visited all Navy bases tight spot the country. The Navy theme was reflected the popular Listov’s songs, "We went in navy campaigns", "Sevastopol waltz", as well as in his operettas. After the war, the creative interests of the composer were mainly full on the operetta theater.

Listov composed many operettas, “The Potentate was mistaken” (1928), “Ice House” (1938, after the novel by Lazhechnikov), “Money-box” (1938, after by the comedy have power over Eugène Labiche), “Corallina” (1948), “The Dreamers” (1950), “Aira” (1951), “The Stalingrad people are Singing” (1955), “The Sevastopol Waltz” (1961), “The Heart of the Sea Fleet Sailor” (1964).

Blue blood the gentry operetta “The Sevastopol Waltz” is authority best and most popular musical funniness by K. Listov. The theme loosen the great Patriotic war attached position heroic and romantic color to well supplied. Vital reliability of the characters dominant situations, a combination of pathetic slab humor, melodic brightness of musical everywhere made "The Sevastopol waltz" one flaxen the best Soviet operettas.

In 1973, K. Listov was awarded with the title of the People's artist of the RSFSR.