Cassadee Pope - You Hear a Song

ZALITIS Janis [31 I (12 II) 1884, Nitaure, now Cesis district - 12 XII 1943, Riga] - Latvian. composer and music. critic. In 1904-14 he studied in St. Petersburg. conservatories in the class of an organ by L. Gomilius and J. Gandshin and compositions by A.K. Lyadov, J. Vitola et al. In 1919-22 and in 1926-27, director of Latvia. Nat operas in Riga; in 1910-40 was a leading Latvian, muses. critic. He defended innovative trends in Latvia. music (partially influenced by A. N. Scriabin and the French impressionists). The author of Ch. arr. choral and solo songs. Among the produ. Z.: for a mixed choir - “The Cup on the Isle of the Dead” (“Birkeris mironu sala”, 1911), “Grove” (“Birztalina”, 1916); for the male choir - “Song of the convicts” (“Katordznieku dziesma”, 1919, written during the period of Soviet power in Latvia) and others. Z.’s music is characterized by a combination of expressive melody with sophisticated harmonious. richly designed styleoften complicated choir. texture. Musical Crit. Z.'s articles widely reflect muses. Latvian life of the 20-30s Z. wrote many essays, including about J. Vitole, E. Donation, a series of articles “Musical Culture in the Soviet Union” (1940) and others. J. Ya. Vitolin.