Alexander Glazunov
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Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (August 10, 1865 – March 21, 1936) was a Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. Glazunov was born in St. Petersburg. He studied music under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The first of his 8 symphonies premiered in 1882 when Glazunov was 16 years old. His popular Stenka Razin was also a youthful work. Glazunov also wrote 3 ballets. Glazunov left Russia in 1928. He toured Europe and the United States. He died in Paris.
He was a great friend of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and was a member of the ‘Five’ (five great composers in Russia- Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Cui, and himself.) He came to be acknowledged as a great prodigy in his field, and with the help of his mentor and friend Rimsky-Korsakov, finished some of Alexander Borodin’s great works, the most famous being The Opera Prince Igor. They also edited a very famous piece by Borodin, a part of the Prince Igor Opera, The Polovtsian Dances. Glazunov is still remembered as a very famous composer.
Details
- Composer
- Alexander Glazunov
- Date of birth
- August 10, 1865
- Nationality
- Russian
- Albums
- 9
- Tracks
- 30
9 albums
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Alexander Glazunov, Mily Balakirev and Viktor Kosenko
Balakirev, Glazunov, Kosenko: Russian Piano Sonatas Vol. 1
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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov and Alexander Borodin
Elegy: Music by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin
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Sergei Lyapunov, Nikolai Medtner and 10 others
Explorer Set: Slavic Edition
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Alexander Glazunov
Glazunov: Music for Piano 4-Hands and 2 Pianos
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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Anton Rubinstein and 6 others
Nocturnes from 19th Century Russia, Vol. 1
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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov and 3 others
Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas
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Samuel Barber, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and 43 others
Romantic Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
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Aram Ilyich Khachaturian, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and 18 others
Russian Piano Concertos
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Richard Wagner, Edward Elgar and 36 others
Top 50 Most Popular Classical Violin