Iosif Andriasov

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 8 October 2003


Born

7 April 1933 in Moscow. Died: 16 November 2000 in New York.

Education

At five, Andriasov entered the music school to study violin. He studied composition with Grant Grigorian and Grigory Frid. In 1963, he graduated from the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, in the class of Professor Evgeny Golubev, a pupil of Nikolai Myaskovsky. Since 1979, Iosif Andriasov resided in New York City.

Works

Quartet for two violins, viola and cello opus 1

"Little Fairytale" for piano opus 2

"Caravan" for piano opus 3

"Caravan" for children choir and piano opus 3A

Musical Sketch for flute and string orchestra opus 4

Musical Sketch for viola and string orchestra opus 4A

Musical Sketch for cello and string orchestra opus 4B

Musical Sketch for violin and string orchestra opus 4C

Musical Sketch for oboe, vibraphone and string orchestra opus 5

"Humorous Dance" for piano opus 6

Trio for violin, cello and piano opus 7

"Autumn" for choir a cappella opus 8

"Autumn" for children choir a cappella opus 8A

"Autumn" for vocal quartet opus 8B

"The Fallow-Deer", romance for tenor and piano opus 9

"The Street Song", romance for bass and piano opus 10

"The Sorrow in My Melody", romance for tenor and piano opus 11

Symphony No. 1 for symphony orchestra opus 12

"Apple Tree", romance for tenor and piano opus 13

Concertino for trumpet and symphony orchestra opus 14

"Labyrinth" for piano opus 15

"Phoenix" for piano opus 16

"Melody" for piano opus 17

Variations in Five Movements for symphony orchestra opus 18

"Lullaby" for soloist, children choir and piano opus 19

"Lullaby" for soprano solo and piano opus 19A

"White Lilies-of-the-Valley" for soprano solo, children choir and piano opus 20

Five Children's Songs opus 21

Passacaglia for trumpet, trombone and string orchestra opus 22

Passacaglia for trumpet, trombone, mixed choir and organ opus 22A

Passacaglia for trumpet, trombone and organ opus 22B

Passacaglia for trombone and piano opus 22C

Musical Sketch for clarinet and orchestra opus 23

Musical Sketch for trumpet and orchestra opus 23A

Musical Sketch for oboe and chamber orchestra opus 24

Musical Sketch for bassoon and chamber orchestra opus 24A

Musical Sketch for french horn and chamber orchestra opus 24B

Musical Sketch for violoncello and chamber orchestra opus 24C

"To The Mother - Earth", cantata for baritone, four trombones, two (or more) harps and mixed choir opus 25

"To The Mother - Earth", cantata for baritone, mixed choir and harp or piano (ad libitum) opus 25A

Symphony No. 2 for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra opus 26

Concertino for clarinet and symphony orchestra opus 27

Concertino for violin and piano opus 27A

Transcription of opus 27.
Concerto for french horn and symphony orchestra opus 28

"Music Box" for piano opus 29

Meditation for choir a cappella opus 30

Meditation (Musical Sketch) for french horn and string orchestra opus 30A

Meditation for cello and string orchestra opus 30B

Meditation for vocal quartet opus 30C

Meditation (Musical Sketch) for trombone and string orchestra opus 30D

Symphony No. 3 opus 31

"The Spring" for string quartet opus 32

"The Spring" for vocal quartet opus 32A

"The Spring" for choir a cappella opus 32B

Symphonietta for string orchestra

A Prelude for piano

"Lullaby" for piano

Fugues for piano in serial technique

"Tune" for trumpet and piano in F minor

Piece for three-string domra and piano

Hymn for mixed choir

Ave Maria, duet for soprano and tenor with piano

"I've Gone", song for voice and piano

"A-ta-ta", children's song for voice and piano

Three songs for voice and piano

"Happiness To You, People!" for voice and orchestra

"How To Be Happy" for voice and orchestra

The new music version and instrumentation of the musical "Orpheus in Hell" by Jacques Offenbach Theatre

Composed for Moscow Operetta.
Music to the documentary "Favorsky"
Directed by Fyodor Tyapkin.
Birds' sounds notation

Symphony No. 4

In progress at the time of Mr. Andriasov's death.
Concerto for Oboe and symphony orchestra
In progress at the time of Mr. Andriasov's death.

For more information please check Andriasov's homepage and Andriasov's biography.

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