Alexander Glazunov
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Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (or Glazounov) (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 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.
Major works
- Opus 1: String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1881-1882)
- Opus 3: Overture No. 1 in G minor for orchestra "On Greek Themes" (1882)
- Opus 5: Symphony No. 1 in E major "Slavonian Symphony" (1881-1884)
- Opus 6: Overture No. 2 in D major for orchestra (1883)
- Opus 7: Serenade No. 1 in A major for orchestra (1882)
- Opus 8: To the Memory of a Hero, elegy for orchestra (1885)
- Opus 9: Suite Characteristique in D major for orchestra (1884-1887)
- Opus 10: String Quartet No. 2 in F major (1884)
- Opus 11: Serenade No. 2 in F major for small orchestra (1884)
- Opus 13: Stenka Razin, symphonic poem in B minor(1885)
- Opus 16: Symphony No. 2 in F sharp minor "To the Memory of Liszt" (1886)
- Opus 19: The Forest, fantasy in C sharp minor for orchestra (1887)
- Opus 21: Marriage March in E flat major for orchestra (1889)
- Opus 25: Preludium and Two Mazurkas for piano (1888)
- Opus 26: String Quartet No. 3 in G major "Quatuor Slave" (1886-1888)
- Opus 26A: Slavonian Feast, symphonic sketches
- Opus 28: The Sea, fantasy in E major for orchestra (1889)
- Opus 29: Oriental Rhapsody in G major for orchestra (1889)
- Opus 30: The Kremlin, symphonic picture in three parts (1890)
- Opus 33: Symphony No. 3 in D major (1890)
- Opus 34: The Spring, symphonic picture in D major (1891)
- Opus 39: String Quintet in A major for string quartet and cello (1891-1892)
- Opus 40: Triumph March for large orchestra and chorus (1892)
- Opus 45: Carnaval, overture for large orchestra and organ in F major (1892)
- Opus 46: Chopiniana, suite after piano pieces by Chopin for orchestra (1893)
- Opus 48: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (1893)
- Opus 50: "Cortège Solennel" in D major for orchestra (1894)
- Opus 53: Fantasy From Dark into Light for orchestra (1894)
- Opus 55: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (1895)
- Opus 56: Coronation Cantata for four soloists, chorus and orchestra (1895)
- Opus 57: Raymonda, ballet in three acts (1896-1897)
- Opus 58: Symphony No. 6 in C minor (1896)
- Opus 61: Ruses d'Amour, ballet in one act (1898)
- Opus 63: Festive Cantata for solo-voices, women's chorus and two pianos eight hands (1898)
- Opus 64: String Quartet No. 4 in A minor (1894)
- Opus 65: Cantata after Pushkin for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1899)
- Opus 67: The Seasons, ballet in one act (1900)
- Opus 69: Intermezzo Romantica in D major for orchestra (1900)
- Opus 70: String Quartet No. 5 in D minor (1898)
- Opus 71: Chant du Ménestrel for cello and piano (1900)
- Opus 74: Piano Sonata No. 1 in B flat minor (1901)
- Opus 75: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1901)
- Opus 76: March on a Russian Theme in E flat major (1901)
- Opus 77: Symphony No. 7 "Pastorale" in F major (1902-1903)
- Opus 79: From the Middle Ages, suite in E major for orchestra (1902)
- Opus 80: Chant Sans Bornes for soprano and alto with piano accompaniment (1900)
- Opus 82: Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra (1904)
- Opus 83: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major (1905-1906)
- Opus 84: The Song of Destiny, dramatic overture in D minor for orchestra (1908)
- Opus 86: Russian Fantasy in A major for balalaika-orchestra (1906)
- Opus 87: To the Memory of Gogol, symphonic prologue in C major (1909)
- Opus 88: Finnish Fantasy in C major for orchestra (1909)
- Opus 89: Finnish Sketches in E major for orchestra (1912)
- Opus 90: Introduction and Dance of Salomé to the drama of Oscar Wilde (1908)
- Opus 92: Concerto No. 1 in F minor for piano and orchestra (1910-1911)
- Opus 93: Preludium and Fugue No. 1 in D major for organ (1906-1907)
- Opus 94: Love after Shukovsky for mixed chorus a cappella (1907)
- Opus 95: Music to the drama The King of the Jews after K.K. Romanov (1913)
- Opus 97: Song of the Volga-skippers for chorus and orchestra (1918)
- Opus 98: Preludium and Fugue No. 2 in D minor for organ (1914)
- Opus 99: Karelian Legend in A minor for orchestra (1916)
- Opus 100: Concerto No. 2 in B major for piano and orchestra (1917)
- Opus 100A/B: Mazurka Oberek (1917) for violin and orchestra or piano (1917)
- Opus 102: Romance of Nina from the play "Masquerada" (1918)
- Opus 106: String Quartet No. 6 in B major (1920-1921)
- Opus 107: String Quartet No. 7 in C major "Hommage au passé" (1930)
- Opus 109: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra in Eb Major (1934)
- Works without opus number:
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1910)
First movement (incomplete).
External Links
- More Complete List of Works (http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/glazun.htm)
- Notes to a Concert with the Fifth Symphony (http://www.njsymphony.org/Concerts/Program_Notes/pgmnotesFeb.htm)da:Alexander Glazunov