Stepan Degtyarev

Stepan Anikiyevich Degtyarev (Степан Аникиевич Дегтярёв) (17665 May 1813), was a renowned Russian composer of the late 18th century. He was most famous for his nationalistic Russian Choral Music.

His oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow (1811) concerned the 1612 liberation of Moscow from Polish occupation during the Time of Troubles interregnum by the Second Zemschina Army led by Kuzma Minin-Sukhoruk, a fishmonger, and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.

Works, editions and recordings

Works

Oratorio Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow «Минин и Пожарский, или освобождение Москвы» 1811

Recordings

Minin and Pozharsky - or the Liberation of Moscow, Conductor Sergei Skripka, The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Melodiya 1990 (2CD)

References

Ritzarev, Marina (2006), Eighteenth-Century Russian Music (Ashgate)

External links

Book on Degtiarev

1766 births

1813 deaths

People from Belgorod Oblast

People from Belgorod Governorate

Russian classical composers

Russian male classical composers

Ukrainian classical composers

18th-century classical composers

18th-century male musicians

18th-century musicians

19th-century classical composers

Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire

19th-century male musicians