Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Russian: Антон Степанович Аренский) (born July 1… Read Full Bio ↴Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Russian: Антон Степанович Аренский) (born July 12, 1861 in Novgorod, Russia – died February 25, 1906 in Perkijarvi, Finland), was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music.
Arensky was musically precocious and composed a number of songs and piano pieces by age nine. With his father and mother, he moved to St. Petersburg in 1879, where he studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
After graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1882, Arensky became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Among his students there were Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Gretchaninov.
In 1895 Arensky returned to St. Petersburg as the director of the Imperial Choir, a post for which he had been recommended by Mily Balakirev. Arensky retired from this position in 1901, spending his remaining time as a pianist, conductor, and composer.
Arensky died of tuberculosis in a Finnish sanatorium in 1906. It is alleged that drinking and gambling undermined his health.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky was the greatest influence on Arensky's musical compositions. Indeed, Rimsky-Korsakov said, "In his youth Arensky did not escape some influence from me; later the influence came from Tchaikovsky. He will quickly be forgotten." The perception that he lacked a distinctive personal style contributed to long-term neglect of his music, though in recent years a large number of his compositions have been recorded. Especially popular are the orchestral Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky based on one of Tchaikovsky's Songs for Children, Op. 54.
Arensky was perhaps at his best in chamber music, in which he wrote two string quartets, two piano trios, and a piano quintet.
Arensky was musically precocious and composed a number of songs and piano pieces by age nine. With his father and mother, he moved to St. Petersburg in 1879, where he studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
After graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1882, Arensky became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Among his students there were Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Gretchaninov.
In 1895 Arensky returned to St. Petersburg as the director of the Imperial Choir, a post for which he had been recommended by Mily Balakirev. Arensky retired from this position in 1901, spending his remaining time as a pianist, conductor, and composer.
Arensky died of tuberculosis in a Finnish sanatorium in 1906. It is alleged that drinking and gambling undermined his health.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky was the greatest influence on Arensky's musical compositions. Indeed, Rimsky-Korsakov said, "In his youth Arensky did not escape some influence from me; later the influence came from Tchaikovsky. He will quickly be forgotten." The perception that he lacked a distinctive personal style contributed to long-term neglect of his music, though in recent years a large number of his compositions have been recorded. Especially popular are the orchestral Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky based on one of Tchaikovsky's Songs for Children, Op. 54.
Arensky was perhaps at his best in chamber music, in which he wrote two string quartets, two piano trios, and a piano quintet.
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02Finale (Variations sur un theme russe): Allegro non troppoАнтон Степанович АренскийАнтон Степанович Аренский
14Piano Trio No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro ModeratoАнтон Степанович АренскийАнтон Степанович Аренский
17Соч 50а Увертюра. Сюита из балета "Египетские ночи"Антон Степанович АренскийАнтон Степанович Аренский
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