Philip Herschkowitz Philipp Herschkowitz (Romanian: Filip Herşcovici; Russian: Филипп Моисеевич Гершкович, Filipp Gershkovich) (7 September 1906 – 5 January 1989) was a Romanian-born composer and music theorist, pupil of Alban Berg and Anton Webern, who spent 47 years, from 1940 to 1987, in the Soviet Union.
Works
Music compositions
1929 Waltz for piano (planned as part of a larger composition) (verschollen / lost)
1930 Die Tulpen (Tulips). Melodrama after Peter Altenberg (project) (verschollen / lost)
1930 Fugue for 14 solo instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, horn, trumpet, harp, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (planned as part of a larger composition)
1932 Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert (Heinrich Heine) for voice and piano
1947 Vesennie tsvety (Spring Flowers) for piano
1950s Capriccio, 2 pf. ‘Sovetsky Kompozitor’, Moscow, 1957
1962 Vier Lieder (Four Songs, Gedichten/Poems by Paul Celan) for mezzo-soprano and piano
1964 Drei Stücke [Violoncellostücke mit Klavierbegleitung] (Three Pieces) for cello and piano [auf dem Autograf „1964“ überklebt]
I. Allegretto un poco sostenuto, ma quasi rubato
II. Andante
III. Allegro
1965–6 3 lieduri (Three Songs, Ion Barbu) for voice and piano
I. Margini de seară (On the Edge of Evening)
II. Grup (Group)
III. Lemn sfînt (Holy Wood)
1968 Vier Stücke (Four Pieces) for cello and piano
I. Andante con moto, ma tranquillo
II. Allegretto quasi andantino, un poco rubato
III. Andante
IV. Allegro
1969 Klavierstiück (Piano Piece) in 4 movements:
I. Moderato (Andantino)
II. Allegretto moderato tranquillo
III. Poco lento
IV. Allegretto giusto
1960s ? Brandmal/Stigma (Paul Celan) for voice and piano
1971 Brandmal/Stigma (Paul Celan) for mezzo-soprano, flute, 2 clarinets, piano in 4 hands, percussion, 6 violas and double bass
early 1970s Vier Lieder (Four Songs, Paul Celan) for mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, small drum, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 celli
I. Leuchten
II. Der uns die Stunden zählte
III. Schlaf und Speise
IV. Espenbaum
early 1970s Espenbaum (Paul Celan) for mezzo-soprano, flute, 2 clarinets, percussion, piano in 4 hands, 6 violas and double bass
early 1970s Leuchten (Paul Celan) for mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 celli
vor/before 1979 Drei Klavierstücke (Three Piano Pieces)
Nos. 2–3 arranged as Kleine Kammer-Suite for 2 clarinets, violin, viola, cello and piano, in 1970s
1960s ? Fünf Klavierstücke (Five Piano Pieces)
I. Schlaf und Speise
II. Espenbaum
III. Der uns die Stunden zählte
IV. Leuchten
1979 Malaya kamernaya syuita (A Small Chamber Suite) for 2 clarinets, violin, viola, cello and piano
I. Lento non troppo
II. Allegretto poco rubato
1979 Malaya kamernaya syuita (A Small Chamber Suite) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, violin, 2 violas, cello and piano
IV. Moderato
V. Derevo pesen (A Song Tree, Frederico García Lorca)
III. Dama pered zerkalom (The Lady In Front of the Mirror, Rainer Maria Rilke)
1983 Madrigaly (Madrigals)
I. Dama pered zerkalom (The Lady In front of the Mirror, Rainer Maria Rilke) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, violin, viola, cello and piano
II. Alkhimik (Alkhemist, Rainer Maria Rilke) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 violas, 2 celli and piano
III. Derevo pesen (A Song Tree, Frederico García Lorca) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, 2 violas and piano
IV. Osen’ (Automne, Guillaume Apollinaire) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, violin, viola, cello and piano
1980s Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major (Hess 34) after his Ninth Piano Sonata (Op.14/1), arranged for string orchestra.
1987-8 Drei Gesänge mit Begleitung eines Kammerensembles (Three Songs with Chamber-Ensemble Accompaniment)
I. Arbol de canción (A Song Tree, Frederico García Lorca) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, 2 violas and piano
II. Dame vor dem Spiegel (The Lady In Front of the Mirror, Rainer Maria Rilke) for mezzo-soprano, 2 clarinets, violin, viola, cello and piano
III. Brandmal/Stigma (Paul Celan) for mezzo-soprano, flute 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, percussion, 2 violins, 4 violas, cello and piano
