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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Boris Asafyev
Person · male · Soviet Union · Saint Petersburg · born 1884 · died 1949
Russian composer (1884-1949)
Also known as Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev · Boris Assafiev · Boris Vladimirovič Asaf'ev · Boris Wladimirowitsch Assafjew · Borís Asáfiev · 鲍里斯·弗拉迪米罗维奇·阿萨菲耶夫
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1880s
1940s
Biography
English biography129 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375165316
Biography
Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1884 – 27 January 1949; also known by pseudonym 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.
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 Symphonic etudes, The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 33 | 91.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 10 | 98.8th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 33 | 91.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 10 | 98.8th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | People's Artist of the USSR | won | |
| — | Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | won | |
| — | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" | won | |
| — | Order of Lenin | won | |
| — | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | won | |
| — | People's Artist of the RSFSR | won | |
| — | Stalin Prize | won | |
| — | Stalin Prize, 2nd degree | won | |
| — | State Stalin Prize, 1st degree | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bfa300fc-b0a3-41b9-8788-b700c1162465core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325032genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325032seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Asafyevbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Asafyev
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: historic figure (33 language versions, career ended)
Image: В.Э. Коваль · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q325032 · MusicBrainz: bfa300fc-b0a3-41b9-8788-b700c1162465
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