His Songs in Hearts and in Memory

The anniversary exhibition “His Songs in Hearts and in Memory” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian composer and teacher, people’s artist of Belarus Vladimir Olovnikov, is held 12 in the Music and Audiovisual documents reading room (room 305) from January 4 to March 12.

Vladimir Olovnikov (1919–1996) is one of composers, who determined the artistic community of the Belarusian song in the postwar period. His creativity is characterized by content-richness and actuality. His music, sincere and soulful, restrained and strict, courageous and truthful, received a response in the hearts of listeners and was included in the repertoire of professional and amateur collectives.

He worked as a composer in the genres of symphonic, chamber-instrumental and vocal music. His "Song of the Brest Fortress", "Song of Minsk", and "Forest Song" brought V. Olovnikov wide fame. The head motive of one of them , "My dear Motherland", became the call sign of the Belarusian radio. Among the works of other genres the sketch "The Chimes of the Brest Fortress", the suite "Songs of the World", the prelude, the oratorio "Partisan Songs", choirs, romances, music for children, music for plays and films, including "Mikolka-parovoz", "The girl is looking for her father", "The Ballad of the Mother" stand out. Clarity of artistic design, careful selection of musical means, attention to details, a good sense of form − these are the main features of the Vladimir Olovnikov’s work.

There are more than 80 documents at the exhibition, including collections of songs, a collection of plays for the Belarusian folk orchestra, plays for brass band and the accordion orchestra, symphonic poems etc. Students will be interested in the tutorial by V. Olovnikov "Rules and techniques of writing a counterpoint of strict writing".

There are also audio documents by Vladimir Olovnikov, as well as books and articles from periodicals about the life and work of the composer.

The opening hours of the exhibition corresponds to the library’s opening hours.
Entrance to the exhibition is available by the library ticket or ticket of the library's social and cultural center.

For more info: (+375 17) 293 27 52.

The article is written by the Special Collections Department