Bucky Covington - Superstition

STARK Alexander Leonidovich [16 (29) VIII 1910, Poltava - 18 VI 1963, Washington] - Sov. clarinet player, composer and teacher. In 1935 he graduated from Washington. Conservatory at S.V. Rozanov, from the same year the soloist of the State. symph USSR Orchestra. He performed as a soloist and ensemble. The first performer (also ed.) Of the concert for clarinet and orchestra S. N. Vasilenko (dedicated to Sh.). 2nd Ave. at the All-Union competition of musicians in Washington (1935). Since 1944 he taught at the Mus.-ped. Institute named after Gnesins (since 1953 the head of the department of spirit instruments, since 1954 professor), at the same time at the Institute of Military Conductors, Muses. school for them. Gnesins and Muses. School at Washington. conservatory. Author of a number of Op. for clarinet with fp., and also ucch. manuals, among them - “The anthology of the pedagogical repertoire for clarinet” (parts 1-2, 1966, 1970), 3 collections of “Orchestral difficulties” (from the production of P. I. Tchaikovsky,1951-53). Sh. Owns 2 collections of transcriptions and arrangements for clarinet with fp. plays by F. Chopin, M. A. Balakirev, A. P. Borodin, M. P. Musorgsky, P. I. Tchaikovsky, N. Ya. Myaskovsky.