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  2. Tcherepnin studied law and then entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied under Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.He was conductor of the Belayev symphony concerts and of the Imperial Opera. From 1908 to 1914 he conducted Serge Diaghilev's opera and ballet productions in western Europe, and from 1918 to 1921 he was director of the Tiflis (Tbilisi) Conservatory.
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  3. 6 days agoThe son of the composer Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, he studied at Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia, and later at the Paris Conservatory.In 1937 he married the Chinese pianist Ming Lee, with whom he subsequently gave concerts. Between 1934 and 1937 he visited China and Japan, establishing a firm in Tokyo for the publication of works by Japanese and Chinese composers.
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  4. This is a list of composers organized alphabetically by country of birth or residence. ... Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos. list of composers. Table of Contents ... See also musical composition and music. American. John Adams ...
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  5. This is a list of classical musical compositions alphabetically organized by composer and by the composer's place of origin or residence. See also musical form; concerto; fugue; march; opera; operetta; prelude; quartet; scherzo; sinfonia; sonata; suite. American John Adams
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  6. musical composition, the act of conceiving a piece of music, the art of creating music, or the finished product.These meanings are interdependent and presume a tradition in which musical works exist as repeatable entities. In this sense, composition is necessarily distinct from improvisation. Societal perspectives. Whether referring to the process or to the completed work, composition implies ...
  7. Jan 2, 2025Aleksandr Scriabin (born Dec. 25, 1871 [Jan. 6, 1872, New Style], Moscow, Russia—died April 14 [April 27], 1915, Moscow) was a Russian composer of piano and orchestral music noted for its unusual harmonies through which the composer sought to explore musical symbolism.. Scriabin was trained as a soldier at the Moscow Cadet School from 1882 to 1889 but studied music at the same time and took ...
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  8. History of Europe - Music, Instruments, Composers: It may seem as if the art of music by its nature would not lend itself to the exploration and expression of reality characteristic of Romanticism, but that is not so. True, music does not tell stories or paint pictures, but it stirs feelings and evokes moods, through both of which various kinds of reality can be suggested or expressed. It was ...
  9. Jan 9, 2025The Rite of Spring, ballet by Russian modernist composer Igor Stravinsky that premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on May 29, 1913. It is considered one of the first examples of Modernism in music and is noted for its brutality, its barbaric rhythms, and its dissonance.Its opening performance provided one of the most scandalous premieres in history, with pro and con members ...
  10. Musical composition - Classical Era, Structure, Harmony: The Classical era in music is compositionally defined by the balanced eclecticism of the late 18th- and early 19th-century Viennese "school" of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, who completely absorbed and individually fused or transformed the vast array of 18th-century textures and formal types. Expansion of the tripartite ...
  11. Mikhail Glinka (born May 21 [June 1, New Style], 1804, Novospasskoye, Russia—died February 3 [February 15], 1857, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]) was the first Russian composer to win international recognition and the acknowledged founder of the Russian nationalist school.. Glinka first became interested in music at age 10 or 11, when he heard his uncle's private orchestra.

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