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'''Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Петро Григорович Гончаров, [[Russian]]: Пётр Григо́рьевич Гончаро́в; 18 October 1888 - 20 March 1970, [[Kyiv]]) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor and choirmaster.
==Biography==
Born to a poor family in [[Kyiv]] in 1888, in what was then the [[Russian Empire]], Goncharov was a choral singer in his youth. In 1907<ref name=experts></ref>, he graduated from the Baltic Fleet Musical College, where he studied clarinet. During his time at the college, he received lessons in conducting, compositon and score reading from the famed Russian composer [[Reinhold Glière]] gave him conducting, orchestral score reading, harmony and composition lessons. He was later mentored by [[Alexander Koshetz]]. From 1907, he conducted the choirs of [[St Volodymyr's Cathedral]] and, later, [[Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev]]<ref name=mus></ref>
Goncharov lost his sight due to illness in 1921, but remained active as a conductor and composer. He founded the Southwestern Railway Chorus, and also worked for the Kiev State Opera and the Ukrainian State Choir (DUMKA).<br>
In 1940, he moved to [[Lviv]]. There he became the conductor of newly-founded and now famous Ukrainian Trembita Chorus, which simultaneously working for the [[Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet|Lviv Opera]], conducting its choir and orchestra.<br>
In 1942, after Nazi occupation of Kyiv, he returned there to again conduct the choir of St Volodymyr's Cathedral.<ref name=mus />
Goncharov died in [[Kyiv]] in 1970, and was buried in [[Baikove Cemetery]].
== Works ==
Goncharov's two best known works are the liturgical works Служба визволення ("Liberation Service") and Хресту Твоєму, known variously in English as "To Your Cross" and "Thy Cross We Worship", among other names. This latter is noteworthy in that it includes one of the lowest notes in the [[basso profondo]] range (C<sub>2</sub>). "To Your Cross" was been used in the soundtracks of [[Chris Marker]]'s 1962 film, [[La Jetée]].
==See also==
*[[List of Ukrainian composers]]
==References==
==External links==
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/3lBAzE3 "Awarded Oblivion"] Dzerkalo Tyzhnia 26 March 1995 (archived September 2006)
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* (uk) [https://ift.tt/3hStuN2 All Ukrainian Expert Network: This day in History (People and events) 18 October]
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/32ETi92 Ukrainian Sacred Music: Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov]
* [https://ift.tt/31MUGY3 Virtual International Authority File: Гончаров, Пётр Григорьевич]
* [https://ift.tt/3bhFkxN MusicBrainz catalogue: Pyotr Gontcharov]
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/2YTVloO To Your Cross (sheet music)] (web archive)
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/31L4XUn Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine: Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov]
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==Biography==
Born to a poor family in [[Kyiv]] in 1888, in what was then the [[Russian Empire]], Goncharov was a choral singer in his youth. In 1907<ref name=experts></ref>, he graduated from the Baltic Fleet Musical College, where he studied clarinet. During his time at the college, he received lessons in conducting, compositon and score reading from the famed Russian composer [[Reinhold Glière]] gave him conducting, orchestral score reading, harmony and composition lessons. He was later mentored by [[Alexander Koshetz]]. From 1907, he conducted the choirs of [[St Volodymyr's Cathedral]] and, later, [[Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev]]<ref name=mus></ref>
Goncharov lost his sight due to illness in 1921, but remained active as a conductor and composer. He founded the Southwestern Railway Chorus, and also worked for the Kiev State Opera and the Ukrainian State Choir (DUMKA).<br>
In 1940, he moved to [[Lviv]]. There he became the conductor of newly-founded and now famous Ukrainian Trembita Chorus, which simultaneously working for the [[Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet|Lviv Opera]], conducting its choir and orchestra.<br>
In 1942, after Nazi occupation of Kyiv, he returned there to again conduct the choir of St Volodymyr's Cathedral.<ref name=mus />
Goncharov died in [[Kyiv]] in 1970, and was buried in [[Baikove Cemetery]].
== Works ==
Goncharov's two best known works are the liturgical works Служба визволення ("Liberation Service") and Хресту Твоєму, known variously in English as "To Your Cross" and "Thy Cross We Worship", among other names. This latter is noteworthy in that it includes one of the lowest notes in the [[basso profondo]] range (C<sub>2</sub>). "To Your Cross" was been used in the soundtracks of [[Chris Marker]]'s 1962 film, [[La Jetée]].
==See also==
*[[List of Ukrainian composers]]
==References==
==External links==
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/3lBAzE3 "Awarded Oblivion"] Dzerkalo Tyzhnia 26 March 1995 (archived September 2006)
*
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/3hStuN2 All Ukrainian Expert Network: This day in History (People and events) 18 October]
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/32ETi92 Ukrainian Sacred Music: Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov]
* [https://ift.tt/31MUGY3 Virtual International Authority File: Гончаров, Пётр Григорьевич]
* [https://ift.tt/3bhFkxN MusicBrainz catalogue: Pyotr Gontcharov]
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/2YTVloO To Your Cross (sheet music)] (web archive)
* (uk) [https://ift.tt/31L4XUn Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine: Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov]
<!-- Comment -- currently there is a conflict with Commons, due to the Commons English page using the French spelling: will resolve later -->
[[Category:1888 births]]
[[Category:1970 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kyiv]]
[[Category:20th-century classical composers]]
[[Category:Ukrainian classical composers]]
[[Category:Ukrainian conductors (music)]]
[[Category:Ukrainian conductors (music)]]
[[Category:20th-century conductors (music)]]
[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]
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