TDCM: July 20th - Alexander Glazunov

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)

Bio

Glazunov was born in Saint Petersburg. He was discovered by Balakirev as a teenager and brought to Rimsky-Korsakov who tutored him. Glazunov was respected by The Five and also was acquainted with Borodin, Stasov, and Liszt. He survived the political upheaval of WWI and the Russian Civil War and became the director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory until 1917 when he left Russia on pretensions of ill health and remained in good standing with the Soviets till his death.

Music

From the Middle Ages

Suite Caractéristique 

Symphony No. 4 in F-sharp minor

Symphony No. 2 in F-sharp minor

Symphony No. 3 in D major

Les Ruses d'amour

Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major

Symphony No. 6 in C minor

Symphony No. 7 in F major