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Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky (Russian: Пётр Андреевич Щуровский; 12/24 February 1850 – 14/27 September 1908) was a Ukrainian composer known for composing the music of Sansoen Phra Barami.




Life


Shchurovsky was born on 12 February 1850, in Zolotonoshsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate into a noble family. He spent his early life in Moscow and was interested in instruments and music when he was young. He studied piano and music theory at the Moscow Conservatory, whose director at the time was Nikolai Rubinstein. During that time he also befriended Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, regularly sending letters to each other. After finishing, he began conducting at the Imperial Theatres in Moscow and organised concerts and musical lectures.
In 1870, he became an opera band leader in Kharkiv. Later, he became the head of the Bolshoi Theatre, one of the most famous music theatres in Russia but then resigned to continue giving lectures on music. He dedicated his romance "To You, My Friend" to his long-time friend, Pavel A. Khokhlov, a famous Bolshoi Theatre soloist and baritone in Russia.
In 1888, he composed the music to Sansoen Phra Barami which would later become the de facto national anthem of Siam until 1932, where it is now used as the current royal anthem of Thailand.
In 1889, he moved to a farmstead in Shchigrovsky Uyezd, Kursk Governorate where his wife Vera Ivanovny (née Ofrosimova) owned an estate.
Shchurovsky sometimes translates works about music. Shchurovsky wrote a book about musical instructions and in 1890, he gathered different national anthems and published them as a book, titled "Сборник национальных гимнов всех государств света" (Collection of national anthems of all countries of the world)
Shchurovsky died on 14 September [O.S. 27 September] 1908 in Kursk. He is buried in the Vsehsvyatskoe Cemetery, Tula.




Works


Shchurovsky's works are mostly full of romances and music to poems:

Моя баловница
Богдан Хмельницкий
Ночная дума
Песнь Гассана
Тебе мой друг
Sansoen Phra Barami
Ангел смерти
Где твоё личико смуглое
И моя звёздочка
Когда печаль слезой невольной
Летняя песня
Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen
Мать в сердцах меня журила
Моя баловница
Не долго длились наши встречи
Не ошиблася ты
О, пойми, что любовь обладает
Острою секирой
Первая любовь
Помнишь ли, милый
Речная Лилея
Романс Нины
Saphire sind die Augen dein
Сирота
Совет девушке
Только до слуха коснётся
Убаюкай, родная, больную меня
Вверху одна горит звезда
Желания
Желание
Желанья
Зимний вечер
Звезда, не обмани




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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pyotr Shchurovsky
• Sansoen Phra Barami
• List of former national anthems
• List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)