[1949, autographed by Gliere]. Photograph by Reinhold Moritsevich Gliere, dated 03/15/1949, size 22x16 cm ...

[1949, autographed by Gliere]. Photograph by Reinhold Moritsevich Gliere, dated 03/15/1949, size 22x16 cm, dedicatory inscription to Evgeny Antonovich Dubovsky. Frame of the era with light traces of existence.

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1949 - premiere of the ballet "The Bronze Horseman".

Reingold Gliere - People's Artist of the USSR. Laureate of three Stalin Prizes of the 1st degree. Author of the official anthem of St. Petersburg - "Hymn to the Great City" from the ballet "The Bronze Horseman".

Composer Reinhold Glière thought about writing a ballet based on Pushkin's poem in the late 1930s, at the same time rough sketches of music appeared. In 1941, the script for the performance was approved, but the Great Patriotic War began, and then no further work was started. In the autumn of 1944, the composer returned to ballet and composed the main musical themes. The production of the performance was planned for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pushkin, which was widely celebrated in the USSR in 1949. In 1950, Reinhold Gliere received the Stalin Prize of the 1st degree for the music for the ballet The Bronze Horseman.

Dubovskoy Evgeny Antonovich (1896-1962).

Conductor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1940). In 1930 he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in conducting with N. Malko, in composition with M. Steinberg. In 1931-1962 one of the leading ballet conductors of the Kirov Theatre. A number of ballet performances have been staged under his direction, including The Red Poppy, Partisan Days, Taras Bulba (1st edition), Spring Tale, Tatyana, Militsa, The Bronze Horseman, "Coast of Hope", "Masquerade", "Leningrad Symphony", etc.