The composition “The Book of Life” for soloists, choir, Sounding cross, two pianos, organ and orchestra was created by N. Obukhov in the period from 1917 to 1925. According to its philosophical concept, it is close to the works “Mystery”, “Preliminary Action” by Alexander Scriabin, “Day of Being” (Confession of Life before Life) by I. A. Vyshnegradsky. To perform the composition, the author developed a project for the “Temple of Super-Art”.
Links to Third-Party Publications:
Poldyaeva E. G. Message from Nikolai Obukhov: reconstruction of biography. Moscow: Russian Way, 2008. 292 p.