Alexander Andreevich Arkhangelskii |
ʻO Alexander Arkhangelsky
Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna hoʻonaʻauao mele mua ma Penza a, ʻoiai ʻo ia i ke kula seminare, mai ka makahiki 16 a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka papa, ua hoʻokele ʻo ia i ka papa mele a ka pīhopa kūloko. I ka manawa like, ua loaʻa iā Arkhangelsky ka manawa e kamaʻāina ai i ka haku mele ʻuhane ʻo NM Potulov a aʻo i kā mākou mau mele pule kahiko ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi. I kona hōʻea ʻana i St. Petersburg, i ka makahiki 70, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna papa mele ponoʻī, i hana mua i ka hīmeni ʻana i ka hale pule ma ka hale leta. I ka makahiki 1883, ua ho'okani 'o Arkhangelsky no ka manawa mua me kona papa himeni ma ka 'aha mele i hā'awi 'ia i loko o ke keena o ka Credit Society, a mai ia manawa i hā'awi 'o ia i kēlā me kēia kau mai 'elima a 'eono mau 'aha mele, a ua koho 'o ia nona iho i ka hana o ka ho'okō 'ana i ka hana ma'amau. ʻO nā mele moʻomeheu Lūkini, kahi i hui pū ʻia e Arkhangelsk iā ia iho.
Mai ka makahiki 1888, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Arkhangelssky e hāʻawi i nā ʻaha mele mōʻaukala i piha i ka hoihoi mele hohonu, kahi āna i hoʻolauna ai i ka lehulehu i nā ʻelele kaulana loa o nā kula like ʻole: Italia, Dutch a me Kelemania, mai ka 40 a hiki i ke kenekulia 75. Ua hoʻokani ʻia nā mea haku mele penei: Palestrina, Arcadelt, Luca Marenzio, Lotti, Orlando Lasso, Schutz, Sebastian Bach, Handel, Cherubini a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka helu o kāna papa mele, i hiki i ka XNUMX mau kānaka i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna hana, ua hoʻonui ʻia i XNUMX (leo kāne a wahine). Ua loaʻa i ka Arkhangelsk Choir kahi kaulana maikaʻi loa ʻo ia kekahi o nā papa mele pilikino maikaʻi loa: ua ʻike ʻia kāna hana e ka lokahi noʻeau, koho maikaʻi loa o nā leo, sonority nui a me kahi hui laha.
Ua kākau ʻo ia i ʻelua mau liturgies mua, kahi lawelawe i ka pō āpau a hiki i 50 mau mele liʻiliʻi, me 8 mau mele kerubika, 8 mau himeni "Grace of the World", 16 mau himeni i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻomana ma mua o "nā pauku hui".
