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Dmytro Stepanovich Bortniansky (Dmitry Bortnyansky) ( 1751– 1825) was a Ukrainian- Russian composer. He was born in Hlukhiv, Ukraine on October 28, 1751. At the age of seven he was sent to sing with the Imperial Chapel Choir in St. Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire. While in St. Petersburg he studied under Italian master Baldassare Galuppi, who was the director of the Imperial Chapel Choir from 1765– 1768. In 1769, Bortniansky followed Galuppi to Italy to work in opera. While in Italy, he had considerable successes; operas he composed there, and had performed, included Creonte (Venice, 1776); Quinto Fabio (Modena, 1778); and Alcide (Venice, 1778).Bortniansky returned to St. Petersburg in 1779 and in 1796Events Edward Jenner develops vaccination, using cowpox to protect against smallpox February 1 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York March 9 Widow Josephine de Beauharnais marries General Napoleon Bonaparte. March 30 Carl Gauss obtained was the first native born musician to be appointed Director of the Imperial Chapel Choir. While in St. Petersburg he composed at least four more operas (in French). He also composed liturgical music for the Russian Orthodox ChurchThe Russian Orthodox Church is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In this way Russian Orthodox believers are in communion with all oth, combining the styles of Eastern and Western European sacred music, mostly in a polyphonic style he learned in Italy; some of these works are polychoral as well, using a style descended from the Venetian polychoral technique of the Gabrielis. In all, he wrote over 100 anthems, sacred concertos, cantataCantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. In the 16th century, when all serious music was vocal, the term had no reason to exist, but with the rise os, hymnSee also the hymn-project a program to decrypt iTunes music files. A hymn is a song specifically written as a song of praise, adoration or prayer, typically addressed to God. A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist or hymnodist and the process of singings and Ave Marias, and these works are central to 18th century Russian sacred music. Bortniansky also composed chamber music and piano sonatas.
Bortniansky spoke UkrainianUkrainian is an East Slavic language, one of three members of this language group, the other two being Russian and Belarusian. Written Ukrainian bears resemblances to these two languages, but with many notable differences. Historically, Belarusian and Ukr, Russian, Italian, French, and German. In 1882, Tchaikovsky edited the liturgical works of Bortniansky, which was published in ten volumes.
Bortniansky died in St. Petersburg on October 10, 1825 and is interred at St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg.
Bortniansky, Dmytro
Bortniansky, Dmytro
Bortniansky, Dmytro
