Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
Bio
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov was born near St. Petersburg. He added his mother's maiden name Ippolitov to distinguish him from another Mikhail Ivanov. He studied under Rimsky-Korsakov in the St. Petersburg Conservatory and then directed the music academy at Tbilisi. He was later the director of the Moscow Conservatory and while a member of the Society of Writers and Composers he is considered to have maintained independence from the Soviets. His most famous pupils include Vasilenko and Glière.
Music
Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Turkish Fragments
Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 2 "Iveria"
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