Alexander glazunov music

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov [ a ] 10 August [ O. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between and and was instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. He continued as head of the Conservatory until , though he had left the Soviet Union in and did not return.

Glazunov successfully reconciled nationalism and cosmopolitanism in Russian music. While he was the direct successor to Balakirev 's nationalism, he tended more towards Borodin 's epic grandeur while absorbing a number of other influences. These included Rimsky-Korsakov 's orchestral virtuosity, Tchaikovsky 's lyricism and Taneyev 's contrapuntal skill.

Younger composers such as Prokofiev and Shostakovich eventually considered his music old-fashioned, while also admitting he remained a composer with an imposing reputation, and a stabilizing influence in a time of transition and turmoil. Glazunov was born in Saint Petersburg , the son of a wealthy publisher. His father Konstantin was granted the status of hereditary nobility later, in He began studying piano at the age of nine and began composing at Mily Balakirev , former leader of the nationalist group " The Five ", recognized Glazunov's talent and brought his work to the attention of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

The boy's talent was indubitably clear.

Glazunov's musical development.

Rimsky-Korsakov premiered this work in , when Glazunov was Borodin and Stasov , among others, lavishly praised both the work and its composer. Rimsky-Korsakov taught Glazunov as a private student. By the spring of , Rimsky-Korsakov considered Glazunov more of a junior colleague than a student.