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  Profile: Serge Alexis Jaroff
Russian-born American conductor, composer and founder of Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff,
Born: April 1 (March 20 O.S.), 1896, Makarjew, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: October 9, 1985, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA.

DON COSSACKs CHOIR from Berlin  under Serge Jaroff  , conductor

 

founded in in Turkey in 1921, the Don Cossack Choir was renowned for both the quality of the tenors and especially for the depth and resonance of the low basses, particularly Pyotr Mihailik. It was reported that he could reach the bottom E of the piano with little difficulty. This unique blend of voices provided a different experience for most western audiences, increasing the popularity of the choir greatly. Where as most western vocal composers tend to focus on the upper spectrum of the voice, many eastern composers have been noted to write music displaying the power of the lower voices.

4261-M
(CO 27089)  
russian male choir
Love Of Homeland, folk song (arr. Samojloff)
Don Cossack Chorus of Serge Jaroff, acc. Konstantin Schwedoff (organ) 
4261.M
(CO 27091)  
russian male choir
Two Peasant Songs, folk songs (arr. Konstantin Schwedoff)
Don Cossack Chorus of Serge Jaroff, acc. Konstantin Schwedoff (organ), Conductor Serge Jaroff  

22-03-1940 New York, New York 
U.S.A. Columbia Masterworks  

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The Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff was a men's chorus of exiled Russian Cossacks founded in 1921 by Serge Jaroff and conducted for almost sixty years by him.

[edit] ÇilingirAfter suffering total defeat at the hands of the Red Army, many Cossacks ended up in the diaspora.

In 1921 it was with these very Russian refugees that Serge Jaroff set about forming a choir in the Turkish internment camp Çilingir, near Constantinopel. The Cossacks began to accompany their own church services, and later left for the Greek island of Lemnos. To improve the situation, they started giving open-air concerts, which were especially populair with the British.

The Cossack lieutenant, Serge Jaroff worked hard on his choir's repertoire, until a splendid opportunity presented itself. Troops were to be shipped from Çilingir to the Bulgarian town of Burgas and on their behalf the Russian envoy suggested that Jaroff and his choir should be attached to the church.

Although the parish was too poor to support a choir, the offer was accepted and the members of the choir were obliged to find work on the side.

[edit] Sofia, BulgariaThe tents were then exchanged for barracks in Sofia, provided by the Ministry of Defence. The profit from the-often improvised-concerts was about $ 2,- (approx. 8 German marks at the time). Even so, the debut on 23 June 1923 in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia was excellent for morale.

This was followed by an offer from a factory in a French town of Montargis. The wife of the factory owner was Russian, and since the factory already had a wind band, they also considered having a choir. Unfortunately, lack of funds marooned the choir in Vienna.

Help came from a representative of the League of Nations, who took an interest in the choir. He brought the singers in contact with the director of a concert agency. At an audition in the director's office the singers exceeded all expectations-and a historic decision was made.

But the offer of a concert in the Vienna Hofburg on 4 July 1923 put everything else in the shadows. After this amazingly successful concert in the Austrian capital, the director predicted that the choir would not sing once, but a thousand times. In fact, it would eventually perform in excess of 10.000 concerts.

They travelled for the first time to the U.S.A in 1930 were they became in a mass ceremony the United States citizenship in 1936.

[edit] World War IIWith World War II looming, the choir found a new home in the U.S.A. and Sol Hurok became manager of the choir.

After the War, in 1953, Konzertdirektion Collien from Hamburg took over the choir from Clara Ebner, and in 1960 the choir was taken over by Otto Hofner from Cologne. Hofner and Jaroff would eventually become good friends and 20 March 1981 Jaroff transferred all the rights of his choir to Hofner.

Otto Hofner also directed three feature films and six TV-movies.

The last tour under Serge Jaroff was in 1979, although he continued as choir leader until 1981. Hofner left when Jaroff finally agreed to a tour under the direction of George Markitisch.

 

[edit] Michael MinskyIn 1985, Otto Hofner sought contact with Michael Minsky. Conforming to Jaroff's wishes, Hofner wished to organize a tour with Nicolai Gedda as soloist and Michael Minsky as conductor.

Michael Minsky had been, since 1948 in contact with Jaroff and his choir and since 1964 soloist in the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. This would take place in 1986, as a memorial to Serge Jaroff. The tour was a success, but when Minsky became ill and Nicolai Gedda did not want to sing every day, Otto Hofner called it quits.

[edit] Wanja HlibkaIn 1991 Wanja Hlibka started the choir again with George Tymchenko (former soloists of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. In 2001 Otto Hofner transferred all the rights to Wanja Hlibka.

[edit] Unique VoicesThe Don Cossack Choir was renowned for both the quality of the tenors and especially for the depth and resonance of the low basses, particularly Pyotr Mihailik. It was reported that he could reach the bottom E of the piano with little difficulty. This unique blend of voices provided a different experience for most western audiences, increasing the popularity of the choir greatly. Where as most western vocal composers tend to focus on the upper spectrum of the voice, many eastern composers have been noted to write music displaying the power of the lower voices.

 

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