Georgy Sviridov

Russia, 1936–1998

Soviet composer (1915-1998), a pupil of Shostakovich, who worked mainly in song and choral music. His cantatas and romances draw a plain national lyricism from the Mussorgsky line.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Georgy Sviridov and 0 artists Georgy Sviridov influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Georgy Sviridov?

• Dmitri Shostakovich — Sviridov was Shostakovich's favourite pupil (Leningrad Conservatory, 1936–41), regarded by his teacher as a genius — he absorbed Shostakovich's dramatic irony and structural rigour.
• Modest Mussorgsky — Sviridov's plain, deeply Russian song and choral writing descends from Mussorgsky's word-rooted vocal tradition.