Sergei Tchernetsky

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1881 - 1950

Russia

Sergei (Semyon) Tchernetsky began his long, creative career in the Russian Army in 1900 as a conductor of an artillery brigade band. For the remainder of his life, he served Russian military music. The Communist Russian Army had a great shortage of military musicians and conductors in the first years of their existence. Tchernetsky actively participated in the creation of the military music schools in Petrograd and Tashkent. A class for military conductors with thirty students was established at the Eighth Infantry School in Petrograd. Tchernetsky became its main conductor and teacher.

Tchernetsky suggested setting up an arts council and, the most famous living Russian composer, Alexander Glazunov, became its director. This council played a great part in the selection of repertoire for military bands. In 1924, Tchernetsky was named leader of all military bands in the army. This was the beginning of his activity as inspector of Red Army bands.

As a composer and an editor of numerous collections for combatant service and concert repertoire, Tchernetsky made a great contribution to Russian military bands. During World War II, when the entire nation was turned into a great military camp, the march became one of the leading music genres, and Tchernetsky wrote his best combatant service marches and patriotic songs. Many of his compositions are dedicated to the heroic exploits of soldiers: Heroes of Stalingrad, Glory to the Motherland, Moscow Salute, March of the Tank Personnel, March of the Artilerymen, March of the Mortar Guards, and many others.

Marches composed by Sergei Tchernetsky:

1. Airborne Forces March
2. Artillery March
3. Birobidzahn, march
4. Budapest March
5. Celebration of the Victory, march
6. Entry of the Soviet Army Into Bucharest, march
7. Fanfare March
8. The Festive March
9. G.T.O. March
10. Georgian March
11. Glory to Our Mother Land March
12. Guards Motor-Men March
13. Hello, Red Sailors, march
14. Heroes of Stalingrad, march
15. Hungarian Girl
16. Jubilee Meeting March
17. March of the Artillerymen
18. March of the 8th Guards Division
19. March of the Leningrad Guards Infantry Division
20. March of the Mortar Guards
21. March of the Tank Drivers (Personnel)
22. Moscow Parade March (also known as The Parade March)
23. Ozhydanye
24. Parade March
25. Rokossovsky, solemn march
26. Salutation to Red Navy Men March
27. Salute to Moscow (also known as Moscow Salute)
28. Slavonic March
29. Solemn March
30. Soviet Army into Budapest (Bukarest) March
31. Tank Men March
32. To the Heroes of Stalingrad March
33. Triumphal March (Rokossovsky March)
34. Triumph of the Victors March (attributed to Chernetsky)
35. Ukrainina March No. 1
36. Ukranian March No. 2 for Band (unpublished)
37. Ukranian March No. 3
38. Victory Day March
39. Victory Holiday