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'{{Other people|Golovanov|Golovanov}} '''Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov''' ({{lang-ru|'''Николай Семёнович Голованов'''}}, Nikoláy Semyónovich Golovánov) (<small><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Old Style and New Style dates|o.s.]] 9]</small> 21 January 1891 &ndash; 28 August 1953) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] conductor and composer, who was married to the soprano [[Antonina Nezhdanova]]. He conducted the premiere performances of a number of works, among them [[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]'s [[Symphony No. 6 (Myaskovsky)|Sixth Symphony]] in May 1924.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myaskovsky.ru/?id=62|title=Myaskovsky's Official Website|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> Golovanov held some of the highest musical positions in the USSR, including an extensive association with the [[Bolshoi Opera]]. In her autobiography, [[Galina Vishnevskaya]] terms him the theater's chief conductor, and tells of his dismissal from the Bolshoi and his death - which she attributed to the humiliation of the experience of losing this position. It has been reported that Golovanov's firing was the result of Stalin's displeasure at Golovanov's having tried to use a Jewish singer, [[Mark Reizen]], in the title role of [[Tsar]] [[Boris Godunov]] in his recording of [[Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]'s [[Boris Godunov (opera)|opera]]. Golovanov actually did record the opera with Reizen as Boris, but later remade Reizen's part with another Boris, [[Alexander Pirogov]]. Golovanov's recorded output was substantial and quite individual in interpretive approach. In his discography we find all but one of the Liszt [[tone poem]]s, the complete [[Alexander Scriabin|Scriabin]] symphonies and [[Piano Concerto (Scriabin)|Piano Concerto]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|First]] and [[Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)|Sixth]] symphonies, as well as shorter works, [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven)|First Symphony]], [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]] and [[Triple Concerto (Beethoven)|Triple Concerto]], [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ''[[Scheherazade]]'' and his operas ''[[Sadko (opera)|Sadko]]'' and ''[[Christmas Eve (opera)|Christmas Eve]]'', Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov'' and ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'', [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff]]'s Second and Third symphonies, the opera ''[[Aleko]]'' and other compositions, [[Alexander Glazunov|Glazunov]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Glazunov)|Fifth]], [[Symphony No. 6 (Glazunov)|Sixth]] and [[Symphony No. 7 (Glazunov)|Seventh]] symphonies, and scores by [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and others. Based upon the evidence of his recordings, Golovanov's characteristic performance mode was full-blooded and nearly vehement in tone, with a powerful, almost overloaded sense of sonority, and extreme flexibility in matters of tempo, phrasing and dynamics. Golovanov was also a composer; his works include the opera "Princess Yurata", a symphony and other orchestral works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Nikolai_Semyonovich_Golovanov/24199.htm|title=AllMusic|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> {{Authority control}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | title=[[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio|Music Directors, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio]] | before=[[Alexander Orlov (conductor)|Alexander Orlov]] | years=1937&ndash;1953 | after=[[Aleksandr Gauk]] }} {{succession box | title=[[Bolshoi Theatre|Music Directors, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow]] | before=[[Ari Pazovsky]] | years=1948&ndash;1953 | after=[[Alexander Melik-Pashayev]] }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Golovanov, Nikolai}} [[Category:1891 births]] [[Category:1953 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century classical composers]] [[Category:Russian classical composers]] [[Category:Male classical composers]] [[Category:Russian classical musicians]] [[Category:Russian conductors (music)]] [[Category:Soviet composers]] [[Category:Soviet conductors (music)]] [[Category:20th-century conductors (music)]] {{russia-conductor-stub}}'