List of compositions by Borys Lyatoshynsky

This is an incomplete list of compositions by Borys Lyatoshynsky.

List of works by genre

Symphonies

No.	Title, key	Composition, first performance	Further information/references
Op. 2	Symphony No. 1, A major	1918 to 1919;	[1]
Op. 26	Symphony No. 2, B minor	1935 to 1936;	Revised in 1940.[2]
Op. 50	Symphony No. 3, B minor	1951;	[3]
Op. 63	Symphony No. 4, B♭ minor	1963;	[4]
Op. 67	Symphony No. 5 "Slavonic", C major	1965 to 1966;

Concertos, suites, symphonic poems, and overtures

No.	Title, key	Composition, first performance
Op. 3	Fantastic March	1920;
Op. 20	Overture on four Ukrainian Folk Themes	1927;
Op. 23	Suite from "The Golden Ring"	1928;
	Lyric Poem	1947;
Op. 49	Song of the Reunification of Russia	1949–1950;
	Waltz	1951;

Suite from the Film music "Taras Shevchenko", Op. 51 (1952)
Slavonic Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op. 54 (1953)[5]^{opus number requires a citation}
Suite from the Play "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 56 (1955)
"On the Banks of Vistula", symphonic poem, Op. 59 (1958)
Orchestration of String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 4 (No. 2 Intermezzo) for orchestra (1960)
Polish Suite, Op. 60 (1961)[3]
Slavonic Overture, Op. 61^cite (1961)[5]
Lyric Poem "To the Memory of Gliere", Op. 66 (1964)
Slavonic Suite, Op. 68 (1966)
Festive Overture, Op. 70 (1967)
"Grazyna" (ballade after A. Mickiewicz), Op. 58^cite (1955)[5]

Theatrical and film music

No.	Title, key	Composition, first performance	Publication	Further information/references
	Music for the play Optimistic Tragedy	1932;
	Music for the film Taras Shevshenko[5]	1950;
	Music for the play Romeo and Juliet[5]	1954;
	Music for the film The Hooked Pig's Snout	1956;
	Music for the film Ivan Franko	1956;

Lyatoshynsky also produced music for the films Karmelyuk, Flame, Anger, Gregory Skovoroda, Prostitute, and Flying Ship, and for Lesya Ukrainka's play In the Forest.[5]

Transcriptions

Lysenko's opera Taras Bulba (with L. Revutsky)
Lysenko's opera Aeneid.[5]
Gliere's Violin Concerto (with K. G. Mostras)
Gliere's Comedians[5]
Gliere's Shah-Senem[5]
Gliere's ballet Red Poppy[5]

String quartets

No.	Title, key	Composition, first performance	Further information/references
Op. 1	String Quartet No. 1, D minor	1915;	[6]
Op. 4	String Quartet No. 2, A major	1922;	[6]
Op. 21	String Quartet No. 3, A major	1928;	[6]
Op. 43	String Quartet No. 4, D minor	1943;	[6]
Op. 43	String Quartet No. 5	1951;	[6]
Op. 45	Suite on Ukrainian Folksong-Themes for string quartet	1944;	[6]

Chamber music with piano

No.	Title, key	Composition, first performance	Publication	Further information/references
Op. 7	Piano Trio No. 1	1922;		[6]
Op. 19	Violin Sonata	1926;	Muzgiz (State Publishing House) and Universal Edition, 1928	[3][7]
Op. 25	Three Pieces after Folksong-Themes, for violin and piano	1932;		[6]
Op. 41	Piano Trio No. 2	1942;		[3]
Op. 42	Piano Quintet "Ukrainian Quintet", G minor	1942;		[6]
	Preludes for piano, violin and cello.	1942, 1943;		[5]
	Two Mazurkas on Polonian Themes for cello and piano	1953;		[6]
Op. 65	Nocturne and Scherzino, 2 pieces for viola and piano	1963;		[6]

Chamber music for wind instruments

Suite for wind quartet, Op. 46 (1944)[6]

Solo piano music

Elegy-Prelude (1920)
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 13 (1924)[5]^{opus number requires a citation}
Seven Pieces "Reflections", Op. 16 (1925)

Piano Sonata No. 2 Sonata Ballade, Op. 18 (1925)[5]^{nickname requires a citation}
Ballad, Op. 22 (1928–1929)
Ballad, Op. 24 (1929)
Suite (1941)
Three Preludes, Op. 38 (1942)
Two Preludes, Op. 38b (1942)
Shevchenko-Suite (1942, unfinished)
Five Preludes, Op. 44 (1943)
Concerto Etude-Rondo (1962–1965)
Concert-Etude (1962–1967)

Operas


Opus	Title (in Ukrainian)	English translation	Composition date	Premiere	Venue	Libretto	Notes
Op. 23	Золотий обруч (Zolotyy obruch)	The Golden Ring	1929, revised 1970[3]	26 March 1930[8]	Odesa[8]	Yakiv Mamontov	Musical drama in 4 acts,[9] the opera was titled "Zahar Berkut" for the Odesa premiere in March 1930
	Franca	-	1929				[5]
Op. 29	Shchors	-	1937[5]	P		after I. Kocherha and M. Rylsky	opera about Nikolay Shchors, 5 acts
		The Commander	1970	P

Choral works with orchestra

Cantata after Rilskov (1938)[5] (Festive Cantata "To the 60th Anniversary of Stalin", for mixed chorus and orchestra)
Cantata "Testament", after Shevtchenko (1939)[5]

Other choral works

The Sun Rises at the Horizon, song after Shevtshenko for chorus
Water, Flow into the Blue Lake!, song after Shevtshenko for chorus
Seasons after Pushkin for chorus
Po negy kradetsya luna after Pushkin for chorus
Kto, volny, vas ostanovil after Pushkin for chorus

Songs

"Moonshadow", song after Verlaine, I. Severyanin, Balmont and Wilde, Op. 9 (1923)
Two Poems after Shelley, Op. 10 (1923)
Two Songs after Maeterlinck and Balmont, Op. 12 (1923)
Four Poems after Shelley, Op. 14 (1924)
Poems for baritone and piano, Op. 15 (1924)
Songs after M. Rylsky ("Autumn", "Rain", "Wide field", "Lullaby", "I love the dark night")[5]
Songs after Shevchenko (including "Water flows into the blue sea" and "Because the sun the grove descends")[5]
Songs after O. Feta (including "By the fireplace"," Autumn night" and "At dawn")[5]

Lyatoshynsky's songs set to works by poets include "Ancient Song" by G. Heine, "The Moon" by Shelley, "Someone told me" by M. Maeterlinck, "Three Keys" by Alexander Pushkin, "Infinite field ", by I Franko, " Dawn " by M. Rylsky, "The Highest Happiness" by V. Saussure, "Memory" by Mickiewicz, and "There are brown eyes" by. T. Shevchenko.[5]

Wind band

Solemn march of the #99 rifle division[10]
March No. 2 for wind orchestra (1932)
March No. 3 for wind orchestra (1936)

References

Belza 1947, p. 43.
Belza 1947, p. 49.
Baley 2001.
"Symphonies 4 & 5 (Slavonic)". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
Dytyniak 1986, p. 93.
"Boris Lyatoshynsky (1895-1968)". Earsense. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
"Entry for Lyatoshinsky Sonata for V. und Pfte including publication date". Hofmeister: Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht. p. 271. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
Izvarina 2016.
Belza 1947, p. 48.
Solemn march of the #99 rifle division - the famous winner of the First All-Ukrainian Musical Olympiad (1931)

Sources

Baley, Virko (2001). "Lyatoshyns′ky, Borys Mykolayovych". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press.
Belza, Igor (1947). Б.Н. Лятошинський : заслужений діяч мистецтв УРСР [B.N. Lyatoshynsky: Honoured Art Worker of the USSR] (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Art Publications. OCLC 13936532.
Dytyniak, Maria (1986). Українські Композитори [Ukrainian Composers] (in Ukrainian). Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
Izvarina, Elena (2016). "Опера "Золотий Обруч" Б. Лятошинського В Контексті Універсалій Культури: Зміна Смислів Інтерпретації" [B. Lyatoshynsky's opera ‘’The Golden Ring’’ in the context of the universals of culture: changing the meanings of interpretation] (PDF). The Culturology Ideas (in Ukrainian and English) (9): 123–127. ISSN 2311-9489.