Boris Borisovich Krasin (3 (15) April 1884, Tyumen–21 June 1936) was a Russian musician who was politically active in Proletkult and the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians.[1]

Early life

Boris was the fifth and youngest son of Boris Ivanovich Krasin, chief of police in Tyumen. Leonid Krasin was one of his brothers.[2]

Musical career

Krasin was head of the Moscow Proletkult's Music Department in which capacity he claimed that the music provided in restaurants and cabarets was anti-art.[1]

He was one of the founders of the Union of Composers in 1932. He joined Alexei Ogolevets to found the Autonomous Research Section (ANTES) of this organisation in Moscow, which played a major role in the research and development of electronic musical instruments.[3]

He set poems to music such as Andrei Bely's "Чающие" (Tea Lovers),[4] "Одиночество" (Loneliness)[5] and "Осень" (Autumn).[6]

He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.[7]

Texts

  • 1920 "С чего и как начинать работу в области музыкального искусства" (Where and how to start working in the field of musical art) Proletarskaya Kul'tura, No.17-19, August – December, 1920

References

  1. 1 2 Edmunds, Neil (2000). "Music and Politics: The Case of the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians". The Slavonic and East European Review. 78 (1): 66–89. ISSN 0037-6795.
  2. ↑ "КРАСИН в энциклопедии музыки". www.musenc.ru. Источник: Музыкальная энциклопедия. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Arseny Avraamov". monoskop.org. Monoskop. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Чающие". www.lieder.net. LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Одиночество". www.lieder.net. Lieder Net Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Осень". www.lieder.net. Lieder Net Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Борис Борисович Красин 1884 - 1936 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. BillionGraves Holdings. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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