Lyubov Streicher facts for kids

Lyubov Lvovna Streicher (born March 3, 1888 – died March 31, 1958) was a talented Russian musician. She was a composer, a teacher, and a violinist. Lyubov Streicher also helped start an important group called the Society for Jewish Folk Music.

Lyubov Streicher was born in a city called Vladikavkaz. She went to the famous St. Petersburg Conservatory. There, she learned from well-known teachers like Leopold Auer and Anatoly Lyadov. In 1908, she joined Mikhail Gnessin and Lazare Saminsky to create the Society for Jewish Folk Music. This group was part of a bigger movement to celebrate Jewish art music. They worked to find, write, perform, and publish Jewish folk music. The Society opened branches in many Russian cities and was active until 1919.

What Music Did Lyubov Streicher Write?

Lyubov Streicher wrote many different kinds of music. One of her pieces, called “A Simple Soviet Man,” was even recorded by a famous pianist named Maria Yudina in 1937.

Music for Instruments

Streicher wrote music for groups of instruments, like string quartets (four string instruments playing together). Some of these pieces included:

• Armenian String Quartet
• Suite (for string quartet)
• Suite on Folk Themes of the Peoples of the Soviet Union (also for string quartet)

She also wrote pieces for solo instruments with piano, such as:

• Improvisation (for cello and piano)
• Sonata (for cello and piano)

For the piano, she composed:

• Six Pieces
• Sonata
• Twelve Children’s Pieces on Folk Themes of the USSR – these were special pieces for young players, using folk tunes from different parts of the Soviet Union.

Music for Voices and Stage

Lyubov Streicher also wrote music for singers and for the stage:

• Operetta: She wrote an operetta (a light, fun musical play) called Chasi for children. The words for this play were written by Elizaveta Polonskaya.
• Orchestra and Chorus: She composed a piece called Zhenshchina Vostoka for a chorus and orchestra, also with words by Elizaveta Polonskaya.
• Songs: Streicher wrote many songs for singers. These included:
  • “A Simple Soviet Man”
  • “Klyatva”
  • Romances (songs based on poems by famous writers like Fyodor Tyuchev and Paul Verlaine)
  • Seven Poems from Eugene Onegin (based on a famous story by Alexander Pushkin)
  • “Shir Hashirim” and “Song of Songs”
  • Ten Jewish Work Songs

Lyubov Streicher’s music helped share the rich sounds of folk traditions and showed her skill as a composer.