Alexander Fyodorovich Goedicke (
Russian: Александр Фёдорович Гёдике,
romanized: Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gyodike;[a] 4 March 1877 [
O.S. 20 February] – 9 July 1957) was a Russian and Soviet
composer and
pianist.
Goedicke was a professor at
Moscow Conservatory. With no formal training in composition, he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Galli,
Pavel Pabst and
Vasily Safonov. Goedicke won the
Anton Rubinstein Competition in 1900. Despite his lack of traditional guidance, his compositional efforts were rewarded when he won the Rubinstein Prize for Composition at the young age of 23. Goedicke died at the age of 80 on 9 July 1957.
Alexander Goedicke was
Nikolai Medtner's first cousin.[1] Alexander's father Fyodor Goedicke, a minor composer and pianist, was Medtner's mother's brother and his first teacher.[2]
Selected works
Opera
Virineya (Виринея) (1913–1915); libretto by the composer
At the Crossing (У перевоза) (1933); libretto by the composer
Jacquerie (Жакерия) (1933–1937); libretto by the composer
Alexander Fyodorovich Goedicke (
Russian: Александр Фёдорович Гёдике,
romanized: Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gyodike;[a] 4 March 1877 [
O.S. 20 February] – 9 July 1957) was a Russian and Soviet
composer and
pianist.
Goedicke was a professor at
Moscow Conservatory. With no formal training in composition, he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Galli,
Pavel Pabst and
Vasily Safonov. Goedicke won the
Anton Rubinstein Competition in 1900. Despite his lack of traditional guidance, his compositional efforts were rewarded when he won the Rubinstein Prize for Composition at the young age of 23. Goedicke died at the age of 80 on 9 July 1957.
Alexander Goedicke was
Nikolai Medtner's first cousin.[1] Alexander's father Fyodor Goedicke, a minor composer and pianist, was Medtner's mother's brother and his first teacher.[2]
Selected works
Opera
Virineya (Виринея) (1913–1915); libretto by the composer
At the Crossing (У перевоза) (1933); libretto by the composer
Jacquerie (Жакерия) (1933–1937); libretto by the composer