Konstantin Eiges
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10 Préludes, Op.82 Pièces, Op.32 Pieces, Op.442 Pieces, Op.452 Poèmes, Op.192 Préludes, Op.52 Romances, Op.92 Tales, Op.123 Poems of A. Blok, Op.264 Children's Pieces, Op.434 Morceaux, Op.145 Etudes-Fantaisies, Op.226 Etudes-Fantaisies, Op.23A
Album pour enfants, Op.6B
Barcarolle, Op.4E
Etude Fantastique, Op.35I
Impromptu-Etude, Op.25L
Light VariationsN
Nocturne, Op.1P
Piano PiecesPiano Sonata No.2, Op.28S
Sonate-poème, Op.15Suite-Pastorale, Op.20T
The Cuckoo, Op.2Toccatina, Op.24V
Variations, Op.36W
Waltz on Themes of YaroshevskyWikipediaKonstantin Romanovich Eiges (surname sometimes spelt Eyges, Russian Константин Романович Эйгес, 24 May (Old Style)/ 5 June 1875—2 Dec 1950) was a Russian composer, teacher and pianist.
Eiges was born in Bogodukhov (now Bohodukhiv in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents, the doctor Ruvim Manasiyevich (also known as Roman Mikhailovich) Eiges (born Vilnius, 1840) and his wife Sofiya (Shifra) Iosifovna, née Eltsin. He was one of ten children, many of whom went on to artistic or academic careers; Vladimir Eiges (1877-1949) was a professor of mathematics, Aleksandr (1880-1943), also a mathematician, was an authority on Anton Chekhov, Veniamin (1888-1956) was an artist, Yekaterina (1890-1958) was a poet and sometime girlfriend of Sergei Esenin.
Eiges attended Moscow Conservatory between 1900 and 1905, where his teachers included
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (composition),
Sergei Taneyev (counterpoint) and Adolf Yaroshevsky (piano). He was a colleague of
Sergei Rachmaninoff and
Nikolai Medtner. His pupils included
Alexei Stanchinsky. Most of his compositions are for piano solo, though he also wrote songs and chamber works, a cantata The Song of Oleg the Wise, and a symphonic poem, The Snowstorm. Eiges wrote numerous essays on music and philosophy, including essays on
Richard Wagner and Alexander Skriabin.
Eiges was the father of the composer Oleg Eiges (1905-1992) and the artist Sergei Eiges (1910-1944).