Anatoly Grigoryevich Novikov Biography

Born on October 18 30 in the county city of Skopin, Ryazan province, now the district center of the Ryazan region. In childhood, he sang in the church choir. He received his original musical education at the Ryazan teacher's seminary - and the Moscow People’s Conservatory - in the years - the conductor of the choir at the public education department of the city of Skopin. In the years - a teacher of music of an agricultural college in the Moscow region.

In the years - the head of amateur performances at the Club of the Military Academy in Moscow. In the years, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of composition with Professor R. in the years - the head of amateur choirs, including army. In the years - a teacher of the theory of music at the vocal courses of the State Institute of Musical Science, in the years - the musical technical school named after the October Revolution.

In the years - an instructor for the Red Army as a central house of the Red Army, the political department of the Moscow military district. In the years - the artistic director of the song and dance ensemble of the All -Union Central Council of Trade Unions, in the years - the ensemble of the song of the All -Union radio. In the years - an adviser to the Minister of Culture of the USSR on music.

In the years - the chairman of the All -Russian Church Society. Pushkin; processing for the choir of 18 Russian folk songs; Music for performances.

In the years, he collected and edited near Russian folk songs “Russian Folk Songs”, that is, the predominant area of ​​Novikov’s work is a song, within which the composer showed a large genre diversity. Many of the songs created by him gained the widespread popularity, gained fame far beyond the borders of our country, for example, the “anthem of the democratic youth of the world” to L.

Oshanin’s words, and were marked by prizes at international competitions and festivals. Novikov’s work is inherent in the ideological content, the relief of images, the memorable melodic, the intonational sources of which go back to the Russian folk song, the predominance of life -affirming emotions, an energetic rhythm. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 29, for outstanding merits in the development of Soviet musical art and, in connection with the eighty birthday from the birth of Novikov, Anatoly Grigoryevich was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Avature “Sickle and the Hammer”.

He lived in Moscow. He died on September 23. He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery. Awarded 2 Orders of Lenin Glinka