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See also:GLAZUNOV, See also:ALEXANDER CONSTANTINOVICH (1865- ) , See also:Russian musical composer, was See also:born in St See also:Petersburg on the loth of See also:August 1865, his See also:father being a publisher and bookseller. He showed an See also:early See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent for See also:music, and studied for a See also:year or so with Rimsky-Korsakov. At the See also:age of sixteen he composed a See also:symphony (afterwards elaborated and published as op. 5), but his See also:opus 1 was a quartet in D, followed by a See also:pianoforte See also:suite on S-a-c-h-a, the diminutive of his name Alexander. In 1884 he was taken up by See also:Liszt, and soon became known as a composer. His first symphony was played that year at See also:Weimar, and he appeared as a conductor at the See also:Paris See also:exhibition in 1889. In 1897 his See also:fourth and fifth symphonies were performed in Londonunder his own conducting. In 1900 he became See also:professor at the St Petersburg See also:conservatoire. His See also:separate See also:works, including orchestral symphonies, See also:dance music and songs, make a See also:long See also:list. Glazunov is a leading representative of the See also:modern Russian school, and a See also:master of orchestration; his tendency as compared with contemporary Russian composers is towards classical See also:form, and he was much influenced by See also:Brahms, though in " See also:programme music " he is represented by such works as his symphonic poems The See also:Forest, Stenka See also:Razin, The Kremlin and his suite Aus dem Mittelalter. His See also:ballet music, as in Raymonda, achieved much popularity.
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