28 Facts About Maxim Berezovsky

Maxim Berezovsky made an important contribution in the music of Ukraine.

Together with Artemy Vedel and Dmitry Bortniansky, both of whom have cited him as an influence, Berezovsky is considered by musicologists as one of the three great composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music, and one of Russia's first composers.

Maxim Berezovsky is best known for his choral works, and was one of the creators of the Ukrainian sacred choral style.

The earliest writers to produce short biographies of Maxim Berezovsky were the German historiographer Jacob von Stehlin, the antiquary and book collector Eugene Bolkhovitinov, and the Russian poet and translator Nikolai Dmitrievich Gorchakov.

Bolkhovitinov's unsubstantiated biography, written decades after Maxim Berezovsky's death, was used by later writers as the main source of information about the composer.

Since being stated by an encyclopedic dictionary, published in 1836, that Maxim Berezovsky was born in around 1745, this year has become the accepted year of his birth.

Maxim Berezovsky's birthplace is unknown for certain, but according to many sources was Glukhov, at that time the main residence of the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host.

Maxim Berezovsky is generally considered to have been a boy chorister at the school in Glukhov.

Maxim Berezovsky was employed at the court for 19 years, as an opera singer, a musician in the orchestra and a composer.

Maxim Berezovsky was taught to compose and play the harpsichord by the Italian conductor Francesco Tsoppis, and was taught composing by the Italian composer Baldassare Galuppi.

In 1763, at the age of 18, Maxim Berezovsky married a girl he had known since his days at Oranienbaum, a court ballerina named Franzina Uberscher, who was the daughter of one of the court orchestra's horn players.

Maxim Berezovsky belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church, and Franzina was a Roman Catholic, so permission had to be sought for the marriage.

Maxim Berezovsky acted as his mentor, and assisted him financially.

The indication that Maxim Berezovsky was a nobleman reveals that he probably had certain privileges, and a good salary.

Maxim Berezovsky did not have the necessary letter of introduction for Martini.

Maxim Berezovsky, nicknamed The Russian, wishing to be admitted to the ranks of composers and conductors of the most famous Philharmonic Academy, asks the Signor President and members of the Philharmonic Academy to admit him to the exam for admission to the Academy.

Maxim Berezovsky became the first Russian member of the Academia Filarmonica di Bologna.

Over time, the details of Maxim Berezovsky's death were embellished, for instance relating that he became alcoholic, and committed suicide.

Maxim Berezovsky was one of the creators of the Ukrainian choral style in sacred music, and the first composer to divide the Orthodox Liturgy into seven parts, providing each of them with a distinctive role.

Maxim Berezovsky's settings are notable for their expressive melodies, which contain hints of Ukrainian folk songs.

Maxim Berezovsky originated the use of the folk tradition of homophonic choral recitation in the genre.

Lidiya Korniy writes that Maxim Berezovsky raised the genre of sacred concertos to the highest musical and artistic level.

The complexity of the violin part shows that Maxim Berezovsky was able to play the instrument at a professional level.

The attribution to Maxim Berezovsky was confirmed by Shulgina and experts at the National Library of Poland, who analysed the handwriting and demonstrated that the sonatas were written out by one person.

Maxim Berezovsky's symphony was written out in parts, as most symphonies in the 18th century were published, but rather in the form of a full score.

Maxim Berezovsky was a foreigner in Italy, and so was titled as.

The 275th anniversary of Maxim Berezovsky's birth was celebrated in 2020.

Since the 1950s, previously lost works by Maxim Berezovsky have been discovered, performed again, and recorded for the first time, and his music has since been actively promoted.