Nadezhda Simonyan

Nadezhda Simonyan (February 26, 1922 - June 7, 1997) was a Russian composer,[1] who wrote over 40 film scores[2] for movies, radio, and television, as well as chamber and orchestral works, and music for circus performances.[3]

Simonyan was born in Rostov-on-the-Don. She studied composition and piano at Leningrad Conservatory, where she received a diploma in 1950 and earned a medal. Her teachers included Oles Chishko and Venedikt Pushkov.[4]

In 1956, Simonyan wrote her first film soundtrack for Old Man Khottabych, a children's film by Gennadii Kazanskii. Peter Rollberg described Simonyan's strength as a composer as a “. . . warm melodiousness that equally energizes cheerful, dramatic, and tragic episodes with a pragmatic, flexible approach to instrumentation.”[5] In 1960, Italian film maker Federico Fellini praised her soundtrack for the movie Lady with the Dog.[6] She often used smaller chamber orchestras, sometimes with folk instruments, for her film scores.[7]

Chamber

Sonata (violin and piano)[4]

Circus

incidental music[4]

Film scores

Adventures of Prince Florizel[8]
Chief of Chukotka[9]
Day of Happiness[9]
Duel[4]
Fifth Quarter[9]
Flying Carpet[4]
For No Apparent Reason[9]
Green Dale[4]
In the Town of S[9]
Izhora Battalion[9]
Lady with the Dog[10]
Lyalka-Ruslan and His Friend Sanka[8]
Nights of Farewell (with Yuri Prokoviev)[8]
Old Man Khottabych[5]
Only One[8]
Pani Mariya[8]
Sinful Angel[8]
Smart Things[8]
Snow Queen[8]
Strict Male Life[8]
Twelve Months[9]
Two Lines in Small Font[8]
Vesenniye Perevyortyshi[8]
While the Mountains Still Stand[8]

Orchestra

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra[11]

Piano

pieces[4]

Radio scores

Golden Apples[4]
On the Bank of Sevan[4]
Story of Turkey[4]
Three Bears[4]
Year of My Birth[4]

Vocal

Lake Sevan Cantata[4]
romances[4]
songs[4]

References

Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
"Nadezhda Simonyan". Moviefit. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
"Nadezhda Simonyan". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
Rollberg, Peter (2008-11-07). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6268-5.
Egorova, Tatiana (2014-07-10). Soviet Film Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-37725-1.
Jaffé, Daniel (2022-02-15). Historical Dictionary of Russian Music. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3008-7.
"Simonyan, Nadezhda - listen online, download, sheet music". classical-music-online.net. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
"Hoovies". hoovies.net. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
Москва в кино (in Russian). Контакт-Культура. 2008. ISBN 978-5-93882-035-7.
Smith, Steven (1984). The Piano Concerto After Bartok: A Survey for Performers of the Piano Concerto Literature with Emphasis on the Postwar Era, 1945-1970. University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music.

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[1] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[2] "Nadezhda Simonyan". Moviefit. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[3] "Nadezhda Simonyan". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[:0-4] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.

[:1-5] Rollberg, Peter (2008-11-07). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6268-5.

[6] Egorova, Tatiana (2014-07-10). Soviet Film Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-37725-1.

[7] Jaffé, Daniel (2022-02-15). Historical Dictionary of Russian Music. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3008-7.

[:3-8] "Simonyan, Nadezhda - listen online, download, sheet music". classical-music-online.net. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[:2-9] "Hoovies". hoovies.net. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[10] Москва в кино (in Russian). Контакт-Культура. 2008. ISBN 978-5-93882-035-7.

[11] Smith, Steven (1984). The Piano Concerto After Bartok: A Survey for Performers of the Piano Concerto Literature with Emphasis on the Postwar Era, 1945-1970. University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music.