{{Short description|Soviet Russian composer and musicologist}} {{family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Asafyev|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Boris Asafyev | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Борис Асафьев}} | image = 200px | alt = | caption = Asafyev on a 1984 stamp | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1884|7|29}} | birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1949|1|27|1884|7|29}} | death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic }} thumb|Gravestone of Asafiev at the Novodevichy Cemetery
'''Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev'''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев|{{transliteration|ru|Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev}}}}}} ({{OldStyleDate|29 July|1884|17 July}}{{spaced ndash}}27 January 1949; also known by pseudonym '''Igor Glebov'''){{efn|{{langx|ru|И́горь Гле́бов|{{transliteration|ru|Igor Glebov}}}}}} was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=BORIS VLADIMIROVICH ASAFIEV|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Boris_Vladimirovich_Asafiev/51629.htm|publisher=Naxos|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions included ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets included ''Flames of Paris'', based on the French Revolution, and ''The Fountain of Bakhchisarai'', which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 2006.
His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, included ''The Book about Stravinsky'' and ''Glinka'' (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).
==Selected works== thumb|Plaque in Truda Square, Saint Petersburg, dedicated to Asafyev. ;Opera * ''The Cashier's Wife'' * ''Minin and Pozharsky'' * ''The Girl without a Dowry''
;Ballets * ''The Fairy Gift'' (1910) * ''White Lily'' (1911) * ''Flames of Paris'' (1931) * ''The Fountain of Bakhchisarai'' (1936) * ''The Prisoner of the Caucasus'' (1938) * ''The Rustic Lady'' * ''The Stone Guest'' (1946)
;Orchestra * 5 Symphonies * Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1939) * Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (1939) * Concerto for piano and orchestra (1939)
;Chamber music * String Quartet (1940) * Sonata for viola solo (1938) * Sonata for cello and piano (1935) * Sonata for trumpet and piano (1939) * Sonatina for oboe and piano (1939) * ''Variations'' for horn and piano (1940)
==See also== *:Category:Ballets by Boris Asafyev
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==Further reading== * {{cite thesis |degree=PhD| author=Viljanen, Elina | title=The Problem of the Modern and Tradition: Early Soviet Musical Culture and the Musicological Theory of Boris Asafiev (1884–1949) | series=Acta Semiotica Fennica. Approaches to Musical Semiotics, 23 | location=Helsinki | publisher=Suomen Semiotiikan Seura | year=2017 | issn=1235-497X | isbn=978-952-68257-7-9}} **{{cite journal |title=The Problem of the Modern and Tradition: Early Soviet Musical Culture and the Musicological Theory of Boris Asafiev (1884 - 1949) |website=Digital Repository of the University of Helsinki |date=28 January 2017 |type=Repository record |url=http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-68257-7-9|last1=Viljanen |first1=Elina }}
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