Works by Borodin Biography

Both the chemist and the composer: the story of Alexander Borodin’s life, he was a member of the “mighty pile” of Culture. In honor of the birthday’s birthday, we talk about his life and achievements. In the early years, Alexander Prokofievich Borodin was born in St. Petersburg on October 31 by the old style. He was an illegitimate son of Prince Luke Gedianov and the daughter of a simple soldier Avdotya Antonova.

As a result, in order to hide the intrigue, the child was recorded as the son of Porfiry Borodin, the Gedianov’s courtyard. Until eight years, the boy remained serfdom of his own father. In the year, Alexander received a free and moved with his mother to a four -story building, which Gedian Luke gave them. Later, Avdotya had two more sons: Dmitry Alexandrov and Evgeny Fedorov - with whom Alexander maintained close relations until the end of his life.

Borodin received a home education, as he could not enter the gymnasium due to origin. He took the lessons of English and Latin, and also from his youth freely mastered the French and German languages. In addition, the boy learned to play a flute, piano and cello. In the year, he even wrote a concert for a flute and piano. Also, Borodin from 10 years old began to get carried away with chemistry.

However, here everything was not so simple because of the origin of Alexander. Father and mother had to go to the trick so that he could get a higher education, and write his son in the Novotorzh third guild merchants. Thanks to this, the future scientist was able to continue his studies at the gymnasium and enter the St. Petersburg Medical and Surgical Academy of IMHA. In the year, Borodin received the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

The scientific career after the end of training and the passage of compulsory medical experience in Borodin began research in organic chemistry. Thanks to them, he became known in Russia and abroad. After Alexander defended his doctoral, he went on a scientific business trip abroad and traveled around Germany, France and Italy for three years. All this served as an excellent basis for the further work of the scientist: he wrote more than 40 chemistry works, in which he invented the original way to obtain bromine fatty acids with the action of bromine on silver salts of acids; received the first fluorological compound of Benzoid fluoride; Explored Acetaldehyde, described Aldol with the most famous representative of aldehydospirts and the reaction of aldomic condensation.

In addition, he developed a method for determining nitrogen in the urine and investigated disinfection. All this made Alexander Borodin an outstanding specialist of his time, but his achievements did not end there. Borodin wrote the first composition of the scientist as a child as a child, unfortunately, the score has not been preserved to this day. Later, while studying at the Academy, Alexander composed several fugs, a romance to the words “Beauty-fishing”, the trio “How I upset you” and Skerszo.

During foreign travels, the comedian scientist also continued to make music, which gained wide recognition in Russia and abroad. In the year, Borodin wrote the first symphony, which was represented by the public on January 4 of the year. Also in the second half of the X, the composer worked on the romances of his own essay.

The peak of the musical career of Borodin became the opera "Prince Igor." He worked on her for a long 18 years for a year. Today, the opera is considered a classic masterpiece of Russian music, which is very popular around the world. The great musician and scientist was buried in the cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.