Nekhaeva T.V. Michael Yudin and Tatar Music culture of the 1940s Based on the Analysis of Kazan Archive Materials

Abstract: The author of the article provides a brief review of the creative work by Michael Yudin, the Russian composer and Leningrad and Kazan Conservatory professor (1893-1948). The uniqueness and diversity of Yudin's work was highly valued by musical culture figures of Leningrad and Kazan.  One of the purpose of this article is to describe main aspects of Yudin's musical creativity in 1942-1948 in Kazan. The teacher, public figure, and the author of many chorus compositions, Yudin became the first dean of the choral faculty in Kazan conservatory that was opened in 1945. As a result of Kazan's archives research, the author of the article managed to reestablish the history of creation of some works and to clarify the details of missing or previously misinterpreted facts. Yudin contributed to the development of opera in Tatarstan (in particular, his opera "Farida" written in 1944) during the era of intense formation of national musical cultures; Yudin also had an effective cooperation with the Tatar composer Saydashev ("Milaya Hafiza", 1943) and accordionist Tuishev ("Pioneer Suite" for string quartet).  It was he who created the Kazan Conservatory Choir.

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