Composer
Cesar Cui
Russian composer and army officer
1835–1918
34 works and musical collections
- 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, Cello, String Quartet, violin, Flute
- Source entries with composition dates
- 1
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
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.