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Alexander
Glazunov
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| Russian composer, born 1865 to a well-to-do family. He was thought to be a musical genius early on. He was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov, and after only a year and a half of study wrote an amazing and highly acclaimed First Symphony. His musical reputation and successes assured him of conducting engagements and commissions. He later became Director of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. He never wrote an opera, but he composed eight symphonies, of which the seventh is considered a masterpiece; six string quartets, piano and violin concertos, two piano sonatas, ballets and incidental music. Two ballets, Raymonda and the Seasons are some of his more popular works.He composed in the classical style, his works a reflection of his largely comfortable life - joyful and serene, bereft of inner anguish and struggle. With the Russian revolution, his creative energy diminished and in 1928, when the regime became increasingly repressive, he left Russia to live in Paris where he died in 1936. |
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