Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (; 27 January 1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in Saint Petersburg. Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions include ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets include Flames of Paris, based on the French Revolution, and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 2006. His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948). Selected works Opera The Cashier's Wife Minin and Pozharsky The Girl without a Dowry Ballets The Fairy Gift (1910) White Lily (1911) Flames of Paris (1931) The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (1936) The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1938) The Rustic Lady The Stone Guest (1946) Orchestra 5 Symphonies Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1939) Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (1939) Concerto for piano and orchestra (1939) Chamber music String Quartet (1940) Sonata for viola solo (1938) Sonata for cello and piano (1935) Sonata for trumpet and piano (1939) Sonatina for oboe and piano (1939) Variations for horn and piano (1940) See also :Category:Ballets by Boris Asafyev References Further reading External links 1884 births 1949 deaths Musicians from Saint Petersburg People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd Russian ballet composers Russian male classical composers Russian music critics Russian music theorists Russian musicologists Russian opera composers Soviet male composers Soviet musicologists Soviet opera composers 20th-century musicologists 20th-century Russian male musicians Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Saint Petersburg Conservatory Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery