{"id":1022301,"date":"2025-12-19T09:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1022301"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:46:36","slug":"music-which-is-above-words-on-the-135th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-nikolai-ilyich-aladov-composer-teacher-and-peoples-artist-of-the-bssr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1022301","title":{"rendered":"\u00abMusic, Which is Above Words\u00bb \u2013 on the 135th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Ilyich Aladov, composer, teacher, and People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078188\" class=\"wp-image-1078188 alignnone size-full\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>December 21, 2025, marks <strong>the 135th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Ilyich Aladov, composer, teacher, and People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>N.I. Aladov was one of the founders of <strong>the Belarusian State Conservatory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A promotional video for the exhibition \u00abMusic, Which is Above Words\u00bb<\/strong> has been posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCu1uyktVZh358JOnaUF9QFQ?app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>on the BGAKFFD YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Ilyich Aladov, composer, teacher, and People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <strong>the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents<\/strong> holds over 40 photographic documents from 1928 to 1971, 6 film documents from 1960 to 1966, and 14 sound documents from 1960 to 1980, all related to the life and work of N.I.Aladov.<\/p>\n<p>The photographs and film documents (from the newsreels \u00abSavetskaya Belarus\u00bb and \u00abMastatstva Belarusi\u00bb and the 1961 film \u00abRepartage of One Day\u00bb) capture N.I.Aladov composing new musical works, working with conservatory students, music school students, and amateur composers, meeting with fellow artists, and celebrating his anniversary. The archive&#8217;s sound library features N.I. Aladov&#8217;s memoirs about the opening of the Belarusian State Music College in October 1924, its first teachers and students, and a speech by the composer about his musical work. The sound recording \u00abServing Music\u00bb (1980) was prepared for the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Belarusian composer N.I.Aladov and is dedicated to his memory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>N.I.Aladov was one of the founders of the symphonic, chamber instrumental, chamber vocal, cantata, and choral genres of Belarusian music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>N.I.Aladov died on December 4, 1972, and is buried in the Eastern Cemetery in Minsk.<\/p>\n<p>The State Educational Institution <strong>\u00abChildren&#8217;s Music and Arts School No.2 named after N.I.Aladov of Minsk\u00bb<\/strong> bears his name, and <strong>a street in Minsk is also named after the Aladov couple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-88.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078189\" class=\"wp-image-1078189 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>1. 0-037768 Students of the composition class of teacher Ya.V.Prokhorov of the Minsk Music College (in the first row, third from the right), among them N.I.Aladov (in the first row, second from the right)<br \/>1928, Minsk, Photo Library of the Minsk College of Music named after M.I.Glinka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-64.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078190\" class=\"wp-image-1078190 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>2. 0-100177 Teacher of the Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.V.Lunacharsky composer N.I.Aladov (in the 1st row in the center) with his students, including: I.I.Zhinovich (in the 1st row, 1st from the left), V.A.Efimov, A.V.Bogatyrev and others<br \/>\/before 1940\/, Minsk, Collector L. Mukharinskaya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-46.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078191\" class=\"wp-image-1078191 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>3. 0-100199 Group of teachers and students of the Belarusian State Conservatory named after A.V.Lunacharsky: M.S.Minenkova, Yu.B.Lettetsky, N.I.Aladov, D.V.Komissarova<br \/>1948, Minsk, Collector L.Mukharinskaya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078192\" class=\"wp-image-1078192 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>4. 0-083987 Belarusian composer N.I.Aladov with amateur composers<br \/>1955, Minsk, Collector I.Soloveichik<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078193\" class=\"wp-image-1078193 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>5. 0-028467 Belarusian composers G.K.Pukst, E.K.Tikotsky, G.R.Shirma, N.I.Aladov, V.V.Olovnikov, P.P.Podkovyrov on Red Square during the Days of Literature and Art of the BSSR in Moscow<br \/>1957, Moscow, TsGAMLI BSSR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078194\" class=\"wp-image-1078194 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>6. 0-038261 Belarusian composer, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR, professor N.I.Aladov among students of the Minsk College of Music named after M.I. Glinka<br \/>April 11, 1957, Minsk, BelTA Photo Chronicle, A.Gorelchik<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078195\" class=\"wp-image-1078195 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>7. 0-035294 People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR, composer N.I.Aladov and Belarusian poet, translator, and folklorist N.S.Gilevich at work<br \/>March 1959, Minsk, BelOKS Photo Library, A.Ditlov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078196\" class=\"wp-image-1078196 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>8. 0-035293 People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR, composer N.I.Aladov at work<br \/>1960, Minsk, BelOKS Photo Library, K.Yakubovich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078197\" class=\"wp-image-1078197 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>9. 0-129392 Belarusian composer and teacher, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR N.I.Aladov composes music on the shore of Lake Naroch<br \/>August 1961, Minsk Region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/10-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078198\" class=\"wp-image-1078198 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>10. 0-118372 Belarusian composer, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR N.I.Aladov congratulates People&#8217;s Artist of the USSR, artistic director of the State Academic Choir of the BSSR G.R.Shirma on his 70th birthday and on being awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.<br \/>1962, Minsk, TsDAKFFD BSSR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/11-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078199\" class=\"wp-image-1078199 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>11. 1-004693 People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR, composer N.I.Aladov gives an autograph to a schoolgirl during a book fair on Central Square in Minsk.<br \/>July 31, 1962, Minsk, Photo Library of the Editorial Office of the Litaratura i Mastatstva Newspaper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078200\" class=\"wp-image-1078200 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>12. 0-062824 Composer, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR, professor of the A.V.Lunacharsky Belarusian State Conservatory N.I.Aladov conducts classes with third-year students<br \/>December 20, 1963, Minsk, BelOKS Photo Library, D.Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/13-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078201\" class=\"wp-image-1078201 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>13. 0-132725 Belarusian composer, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR N.I. Aladov at the opening of the House of Arts in Minsk<br \/>1966, Minsk, BGAKFFD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/14-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078202\" class=\"wp-image-1078202 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>14. 0-056908 Participant of the Decade of Russian Art in the BSSR, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR, People&#8217;s Artist of the USSR T.N.Khrennikov (2nd from right) talks with Belarusian composers, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR N.I.Aladov, M.E.Shneiderman, D.B.Smolsky and D.R.Kaminsky<br \/>January 12, 1965, Minsk, BelTA Photo Chronicle, V.Lupeiko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1078203\" class=\"wp-image-1078203 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>15. 0-166836 Belarusian composer and teacher, People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR N.I.Aladov<br \/>1970, Minsk, Collector V.Marcionko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; December 21, 2025, marks the 135th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Ilyich Aladov, composer, teacher, and People&#8217;s Artist of the BSSR. 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