Boris Krasin (composer) explained

Boris Borisovich Krasin (3 (15) April 1884, Tyumen–21 June 1936) was a Russian musician who was politically active in Proletkult and the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians.^[1]

Early life

Boris was the fifth and youngest son of Boris Ivanovich Krasin, chief of police in Tyumen. Leonid Krasin was one of his brothers.^[2]

Musical career

Krasin was head of the Moscow Proletkult's Music Department in which capacity he claimed that the music provided in restaurants and cabarets was anti-art.^[1]

He was one of the founders of the Union of Composers in 1932. He joined Alexei Ogolevets to found the Autonomous Research Section (ANTES) of this organisation in Moscow, which played a major role in the research and development of electronic musical instruments.^[3]

He set poems to music such as Andrei Bely's "Чающие" (Tea Lovers),^[4] "Одиночество" (Loneliness)^[5] and "Осень" (Autumn).^[6]

He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.^[7]

Texts

• 1920 "С чего и как начинать работу в области музыкального искусства" (Where and how to start working in the field of musical art) Proletarskaya Kul'tura, No.17-19, August – December, 1920

Notes and References

1. Edmunds . Neil . Music and Politics: The Case of the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians . The Slavonic and East European Review . 2000 . 78 . 1 . 66–89 . 4213008 . 0037-6795.
2. Web site: КРАСИН в энциклопедии музыки . www.musenc.ru . Источник: Музыкальная энциклопедия . 12 November 2021.
3. Web site: Arseny Avraamov . monoskop.org . Monoskop . 4 April 2021 . en.
4. Web site: Чающие . www.lieder.net . LiederNet Archive . 12 November 2021.
5. Web site: Одиночество . www.lieder.net . Lieder Net Archive . 12 November 2021.
6. Web site: Осень . www.lieder.net . Lieder Net Archive . 12 November 2021.
7. Web site: Борис Борисович Красин 1884 - 1936 BillionGraves Record . BillionGraves . BillionGraves Holdings . 12 November 2021 . en.