Vsevolod Zaderatsky

composer

Vsevolod Petrovich Zaderatsky (Ukrainian: Всеволод Петрович Задерацький; 21 December 1891, Rivne, Ukraine – 1 February 1953, Lviv, USSR) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist and teacher.

His life was marked by continuous persecution by the Soviet government. Despite his talents as a composer and pianist, his early service as a piano teacher to the Tsar's heir and his enlistment in the White Army made him a political target. Arrested multiple times, he faced execution, imprisonment, and exile, with his compositions repeatedly destroyed. Even as he attempted to integrate into Soviet musical institutions, he was denounced and sent to a labor camp in 1937. Though later released, he remained under state suspicion, forced to spend his final years away from major cultural centers.

Despite repression by Soviet authorities, Zaderatsky created a diverse body of musical work, especially for piano. Today, he is recognized as a pioneering figure in the Russian and Ukrainian musical avant-garde.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 1, Fugue in C major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 1, Prelude in C major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 10, Fugue in C‐sharp minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 10, Prelude in C‐sharp minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 11, Fugue in B major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 11, Prelude in B major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 12, Fugue in G‐sharp minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 12, Prelude in G‐sharp minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 13, Fugue in G‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 13, Prelude in G‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 14, Fugue in E‐flat minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 14, Prelude in E‐flat minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 15, Fugue in D‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 15, Prelude in D‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 16, Fugue in B‐flat minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 16, Prelude in B‐flat minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 17, Fugue in A‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 17, Prelude in A‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 18, Fugue in F minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 18, Prelude in F minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 19, Fugue in E‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 19, Prelude in E‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 2, Fugue in A minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 2, Prelude in A minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 20, Fugue in C minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 20, Prelude in C minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 21, Fugue in B‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 21, Prelude in B‐flat major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 22, Fugue in G minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 22, Prelude in G minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 23, Fugue in F major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 23, Prelude in F major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 24, Fugue in D minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 24, Prelude in D minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 3, Fugue in G major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 3, Prelude in G major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 4, Fugue in E minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 4, Prelude in E minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 5, Fugue in D major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 5, Prelude in D major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 6, Fugue in B minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 6, Prelude in B minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 7, Fugue in A major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 7, Prelude in A major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 8, Fugue in F‐sharp minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 8, Prelude in F‐sharp minor
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 9, Fugue in E major
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues: no. 9, Prelude in E major
  • Legends
  • Legends: 1. Canyon of Death
  • Legends: 2. Garden of Pearl Grapes
  • Legends: 3. Bloody Cactus
  • Legends: 4. Blue-Eyed Flower
  • Legends: 5. Black Horseman