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Portrait of César Antonovich Cui

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César Antonovich Cui

Russian composer and army officer

1835–1918

66 works and musical collections

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Born
1835
Died
1918
Birthplace
Vilnius
Place of death
Saint Petersburg
Citizenship / historical state
Russian Empire
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, romanized: Tsezar Antonovich Kyui; IPA: [ˈt͡sjezərʲ ɐnˈtonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲʊˈi] ; French: Cesarius Benjaminus Cui; 18 January [O.S. 6 January] 1835 – 26 March 1918) was a Russian composer and music critic, member of the Belyayev circle and The Five – a group of composers gathered by the idea of creating a specifically Russian type of music. As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army, he rose to the rank of engineer-general (equivalent to full general), taught fortifications in Russian military academies and wrote a number of monographs on the subject.

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Life and musical career

Occupations
composer; military engineer; writer; military officer; pianist; music critic; military personnel; engineer; critic; musicologist; civil engineer; musicographer
Education
Nikolay engineering school
Teachers
Stanisław Moniuszko
Career institutions / employers
Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy
Recorded memberships
The Five; Belyayev circle
Instruments played
piano
Genres
opera
Notable works
Mateo Falcone; Feast in Time of Plague; Mademoiselle Fifi; Prisoner of the Caucasus; The Mandarin's Son
Selected awards
Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky; Order of Saint Anna, 1st class; Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class; Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class; Order of the White Eagle; Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class; Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class; Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class; Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class; Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class; Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class; Order of St. Vladimir
Languages used
Russian
VIAF ID
37101399
ISNI
0000000108886481
GND ID
119224151
Library of Congress ID
n80086152
MusicBrainz ID
b83ea81a-bf4e-413d-b3ae-e557f09ea8b7

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Hands, Orchestra, violin, Baritone
Genres represented
Classical
Source entries with composition dates
50

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Catalogue

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Quatre morceaux pour piano See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Zwanzig Gedichte von Jean Richepin
Year composed
1890
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21 С
Year composed
1902
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25 С
Year composed
1899
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Deux polonaises pour piano
Year composed
1886
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25 Préludes, Op. 64
Catalogue / opus
Op. 64
  • Piano
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6 Romances, Op.5
Catalogue / opus
Op.5
Year composed
1857
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Six poésies illyriques tirées de la "Guzla" de Prosper Mérimée traduites par A. Pouchkine et mises en musique
Year composed
1915
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Cztery sonety
Year composed
1892
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Suite Concertante, Op.25
Catalogue / opus
Op.25
Year composed
1884
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Theme and Variations, Op. 61
Catalogue / opus
Op. 61
  • Piano
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Les trois oiseaux See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse Melancolique See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse pour orchestre
Year composed
1904
  • Hands
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Valse-Caprice, Op. 26
Catalogue / opus
Op. 26
Year composed
1883–84?
  • Piano
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William Ratcliff
Year composed
1861-68
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At the cradle See work details
  • Piano
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A la Schumann See work details
  • Piano
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 37101399. Portrait: Photograph of César Cui from 1910. Printed source of image: Cui, César. Избранные письма [ Selected Letters ]. Составитель, автор вступительной статьи и примечаний И.Л. Гусин. Ленинград: Гос. муз. изд-во, 1955, p. 413., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.