Boris Krasin (composer)

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

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