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Ilyashenko, Andrei
ILYASHENKO, Andrei Stepanovich (b. 1884, St. Petersburg; d. November 12, 1954, Brussels)—composer and pedagogue. After graduating from the Imperial Alexander Lyceum in St. Petersburg, he received his musical education at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied under Maximillian Steinberg, among others. He performed his military service in the elite Life Guards Dragoon Regiment, and afterwards served in the editorial department of the State Duma. He began composing before the revolution. His "Hymns from the Liturgy" for mixed choir, dedicated to the Church of Sts. Andrew and Martha in the village of Afanasevka, were published by P. Jurgenson in 1912; the same publisher issued a collection comprising eight romances.
During the First World War, he was a member of the Red Cross detachment of the active army. In 1919 is known to have been in Taganrog, then in 1922—in Chisinau, and afterwards left Russia. From 1923 he lived in Brussels, fully devoting himself to musical pursuits. He taught at the Brussels Conservatory and also for two years at the Toronto Conservatory (Canada). He wrote orchestral and choral-orchestral works in the genre of cantatas and oratorios, made arrangements of Russian folk songs and dances, and at the same time continued to compose church hymns. He also composed works for organ, ballets, and piano preludes. His works frequently appeared on programs of such symphony orchestras as the Belgian Royal Opera and National Radio, and orchestras under the batons of Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia and Victor Kolar in Detroit. Ilyashenko died in poverty and was buried at the Jucle Cemetery in Brussels.
Ilyashenko’s sacred compositions written outside his homeland were published by Archpriest Nikolaj Vieglajs in the series “Orthodox Christian Music Library” (Berkeley, California).
18 results found
It Is Truly Fitting
Chant melody traditionally attributed to Tsar Feodor I Ioannovich
SATB
Music Library of an Orthodox Christian / Publisher: Archpr. N. Vieglajs. Berkeley, 1962
Printed edition.
1
Il011
Let us who mystically represent the cherubim
Greek Chant
The Cherubic Hymn
SATB
Music Library of an Orthodox Christian / Publisher: prot. N. Viegleis. Berkeley, 1972
Printed edition.
7
Il013
Pesnopeniia iz Liturgii sv. Ioanna Zlatousta
Hymns from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Il001-010
3
Priidite, poklonimsia i Gospodi, spasi blagochestivyia
Come, Let Us Worship and O Lord, save
Op. 6, No. 3
SATB
2
Il003
6
Prositelʹnaia ekteniia, «Ottsa i Syna» i «Milostʹ mira»
Litany of Supplication, "Father, Son" and A Mercy of Peace
Op. 6, No. 6
SATB(div)
6
Il006
11
Videkhom svet istinnyi; Mnogoletstvovanie
We have seen the true light; Polychronion
Op. 6, No. 10
Hymn at the appearance of the Communion Gifts
SA
5
Il010
Sticheron at the Praises
Znamenny Chant
Sticheron at the Praises, Tone 7
SATB
Music Library of an Orthodox Christian / Publisher: Archpr. N. Vieglajs, Berkeley, 1976
Printed edition.
2
Il016
Gladsome Light
SA(div)T(div)B(div)
Music Library of an Orthodox Christian / Publisher: Archpr. N. Vieglajs, Berkeley, 1972
Printed edition.
6
Il014
Exapostilarion to the Annunciation of the Theotokos
Ezhe ot veka dnesʹ poznavaetsia
SATB
Music Library of an Orthodox Christian / Publisher: Archpr. N. Vieglajs, Berkeley, 1962
Printed edition.
1
Il012
In the Red Sea of old
Znamenny Chant
Theotokion Dogmatikon, Tone 5
SAT(div)B(div)
Music Library of an Orthodox Christian / Publisher: Archpr. N. Vieglajs, Berkeley, 1974
Printed edition.
8
Il015