In Vitlin, biography

Similar musicians Viktor Lvovich loved children, lived their interests. A sociable, alive, cheerful man, V. Vitlin was a frequent, welcome guest in kindergartens, schools, pioneer camps. Vitlin's music constantly accompanies a younger person. The songs created by him sound at the holidays in kindergarten, piano plays are studied in music schools, pioneering cantata are successfully performed at concerts.

The composer gave a lot of good music to the guys: operas and operettas, musical games and fairy tales, ballets and suits, cantata and oratorios. Viktor Lvovich Vitlin was born on March 9 in the southern city of Yekaterinoslavl now Dnepropetrovsk. Love for music has been manifested in him since childhood, the first composer experiments belong to the age of seven years. After graduating from school, V.

Vitlin moved to Leningrad in the year, where serious professional music classes began. He graduates from the music college and, having entered the theoretical and company faculty of the Leningrad Conservatory, is engaged in the composition in the class of V. In the student years V. Vitlin creates many vocal, piano and dedicated tools. At this time, the composer first turns to creativity for children.

The senior methodologist of Leningrad on the preschool education of N. Nagel-Lapin invited Vitlin to write songs for kindergartens. The proposal interested the young composer, and the songs soon appeared: “The goat is horned”, “Guli sat down”, “roosters and chicken”, “sparks” and others. In an interview with the audience, V. Vitlin said: “I always loved the guys, both small and large.

And every time I met the children, I learned so much new that I wanted to write for them. And in childhood, as now, I loved animals very much. I also devoted my first songs for children to the story of them: “Gray cat”, “tail”, “squeeze”. I chose poems where the animals and birds are spoken with kindness. I am sure that love for animals teaches a person kindness.

And I am pleased that these songs were loved by the children. " Children's theme becomes leading in the work of the composer. He writes music for the cheerful puppet play “The Adventure of Yegorka”, works on the musical accompaniment of the “two cunning” radio programs based on Harissa’s fairy tales, composes many songs, creates music for the films “Jabzha”, “Duckling”, “First Hunt” according to the scenario V.

At the end of the conservatory, V. Vitlin is called to serve in the Navy. Having completed the military service, the composer turns to the genre of music for the cinema, and also writes music for children. From the year, durable creative ties of V. Vitlin with children's groups are established. One of them is the children's amateur ensemble of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers.

Dunaevsky, who then led the pioneer ensemble of songs and dances. At his suggestion, I wrote music for the large play “Night Exam” and the ballet “Our Circus”. I recall how much excitement and joy these productions brought me, and how proud I was the opinion of Dunaevsky, who approved my music.

” In the prewar years, V. Vitlin creates the vocal-choreographic suite "We are the military." This work was well found by the children's audience and the author of the text of S. liked the war. On the harsh days of the Leningrad blockade, being in Leningrad, “clamped” in a grip of hunger, Vitlin writes music. In addition to songs dedicated to military topics, Witlin continues to compose for children.

During the blockade, the composer wrote a cycle of songs “Toys” for the smallest. Often coming to visit the children, V. Vitlin saw their busy faces. He was amazed that on the most difficult days of the blockade, children with pleasure participated in festive performances. Vitlin wanted to give them a gift - to write a funny New Year's song. So the song "Christmas tree" appeared.

Like other composers, V. Vitlin, as part of concert brigades, often went to the front, to the front edge of the defense. After the war, V. Witlin in his work again addresses the children. For them, he creates the operas “The Son of the Regiment”, “Princess-Floor”, “Land Back”, “Wonderful Umbrella”, “Klyukovka”, “Goroshina”, etc. The song remains still a favorite genre in the work of the composer.

In his work, V. Vitlin often turned to the genres of chamber-instrumental music. He wrote plays for individual tools-“Elegy for the baritone”, “Three plays for the pipe”, piano miniatures, chamber-instrumental cycles. He was also attracted to the genre of children's piano music. The works created by him were willingly performed by young musicians and were included in the mandatory repertoire of the piano playing program.

Vitlin: “rattles”, “little march”. In a collection of piano plays and sketches of Soviet composers for students of classes of children's music schools L. slowly unfolds the melody of the Russian song warehouse. She is answered by a melting and thoughtful second voice. In the piano variations on the topic of Russian folk song “How I go to a quick river”, Witlin introduces the intonation of the chant.

Rounded New Year's song “Ah, what a good, kind Santa Claus!The most important feature of Vitlin's piano is a generalized programmage. Viktor Lvovich Vitlin, a composer, truly devoted to children, died on September 20, year. Enjoy the notes with the Pianokafe team! Every day we do a huge job so that you enjoy your favorite music in high -quality arrangement.