About Pava Turtygina
Lived 1902 – 1985 (aged 82–83). Pava Turtygina was a pianist and composer.
Pava Grigorevna Turtygina (26 December 1902 – 1985) was a Russian composer.
Turtygina was born in Gomel. She studied at the Ekaterinoslav Music School (1915-1919), today known as the Dnipropetrovsk Academy of Music in Ukraine; at the Gnessin State Musical College (1921-1922) with Elena Gnesina; and at the Moscow Conservatory (1938-1940).
Turtygina worked as a pianist. Her music was included on at least one LP recording: Aprelevka #7334 (1938). Her compositions were published by the State Music Publishing House known as Muzgiz or Muzyka, which in 2004 became P. Jurgenson. Her vocal compositions include:
"Krasnoflotskaya" (text by Y. Rodionov)
"Pod Znamenem" (Under the Banner; text by Aleksandr Kovalenkov)
"Pokhodnaya Komsomolskaya" (text by I. Molchanov)
"Spain Will Be Free" (text by Sergey Alymov)
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Who was Pava Turtygina?
Russian composer
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Pava Turtygina was born in 1902.
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Pava Turtygina died in 1985.
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Pava Turtygina was a pianist and composer.
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