Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek facts for kids

Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek (born September 23, 1904 – died January 17, 1972) was a talented Soviet composer, pianist, and artistic director. She created many different types of music, from ballets to film scores and songs. Stefania Zaranek helped shape the music scene in the Soviet Union during her lifetime.

She was born in a place called Kotelnich in the Russian Empire. Stefania loved music from a young age. She went to the famous Leningrad Conservatory, a special school for music. There, she studied with important teachers like M. Steinberg and Samariy Savshinsky. She learned a lot about composing and playing the piano.

After finishing her studies in 1926, Stefania Zaranek became a piano teacher. She taught at the Conservatory where she had studied. She also taught at the Worker's High School, helping many students learn music. Later, from 1942 to 1944, she became the artistic director of the Gorky Philharmonia. This meant she was in charge of planning and organizing musical performances.

Stefania Zaranek's Music

Stefania Zaranek wrote music for many different things. She was very creative and worked on various projects. Her compositions show her wide range of musical skills.

Music for the Stage

Stefania Zaranek composed music for ballets and operettas. Ballets are dance performances that tell a story through movement. Operettas are like light, fun operas with singing and speaking.

Ballets

• Chudesnaya Fata (1947)
• Golub Mira (1951)
• Mechta (1947)

Operettas

• Chest Mundira (1937)
• Schastlivui Put (1939)
• Taina Morya (1954)
• Zolotoi Fontan (1949)

Theatre Plays

She also wrote music for over 20 different plays. This means her music helped set the mood and tell the story in many theatre productions.

Music for Films and Orchestra

Stefania Zaranek also composed music for movies and for full orchestras. An orchestra is a large group of musicians playing many different instruments together.

Film Scores

• Kholmogorsk
• Mars

Orchestral Works

• Ballad of the Ukraine (1954)
• Dance Suite (1935)
• Kartini Duma Pro Ukrainu
• Piano Concerto (1930)

Piano and Vocal Music

Besides large-scale works, Stefania Zaranek also wrote music for solo piano and for singers.

Piano Pieces

• Sonata, Opus 2 (1926)
• Cinq Miniatures, Opus 4

Vocal Compositions

• Fizkulturnaya (1934)
• Four Song Dances: Polonaise, Mazurka, Krakoviak, Gopak (1955)
• Iz Dnevnika Shkolnitsy Song Cycle (1948)
• Pesnya O Narodnom Kitaye (1950)
• Pesnya O Vietname (1950)
• U Ryazanskikh Prichalov (1950)
• Za mir I Svobady Song Cycle (1950)