Markevitch

(miar-ky4’-véch), Igor, b. Kiev, Ru ia, July 27, 1912; composer and pianist; studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, where he lived after 1926; also for a time with Rieti; commi ioned Diaghileff to write a ballet, but that impresario died before it could be written; 1st came into prominence with perf. of his Concerto Gro o in Paris, 1929, and Piano Concerto, same year in London; his works reveal a poly harmonic style of uncompromising harshne , much rhythmic vitality and logical clarity, but an almost total lack of feeling; his music has been called highly original and significant by some, merely sensational other. critics; c. (orch.) Sinfonietta; Concerto Gro o; Concerto; Partita; “‘Rebus’’; “ Hymnes” (an excerpt played by Boston Symph., 1934); (chamber music) Serenade for vln., clar. and ba oon; (choral works) Psalm (the last causing a bitter division of opinion between adherents and detractors when played at the I. S. C. M. Fest. in Florence); and a cantata, ‘‘ Paradise Lost” (perf. in London and. Paris, 1936).;