Yakiv Stepanovych Stepovy (Ukrainian: Яків Степовий) (October 20, 1883 – November 4, 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, music teacher, and music critic.
Stepovy was born Yakiv Yakymenko (Akimenko) in Kharkiv, in the Russian Empire (in present-day Ukraine). Stepovy's older brother, Theodore Akimenko), was also a composer.[1] Stepovy was a representative of the Ukrainian musical intelligentsia of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of the national school of composition and composed in the tradition of Mykola Lysenko.[2]
Stepovy was a graduate of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied with Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and graduated in 1914.[1][3]
During World War I, Stepovy was recruited to the military, where he worked as a secretary on a hospital train.[3] He served in the military for almost three years, until he managed to get released in April 1917.[4] After this he settled in Kyiv where he worked as a teacher at the Kyiv Conservatory and a musical critic.[2]
He was a master at choral and piano works, the author of music collections for children, teacher of the Kyiv Conservatory and founder of the State vocal quartet.[1]
See also edit
- List of Ukrainian composers – see other Ukrainian composers of the same period
References edit
- ^ a b c Savytsky, Roman. "Stepovy, Yakiv". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ a b Яків Степовий – продовжувач традицій М. Лисенка (Yakiv Stepovy – continuer of Mykola Lysenko's traditions) article on website of Ukrainian People's Party (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b Yakiv Stepovyi (1883–1921) – biography on Ukrainian Art Song Project page
- ^ Я. С. Степовий (1883–1921 pp.) full biography at akolada.org.ua (in Ukrainian)
External links edit
Media related to Yakov Stepovoy at Wikimedia Commons- Stepovy, Yakiv - biography, creativity, sheet music
