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Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936), Russian composer, the last important composer of the Russian national school founded by Mikhail Glinka. He was born in Saint Petersburg. Glazunov studied with Russian composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1889, together with Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov completed the unfinished opera Prince Igor by Russian composer Aleksandr Borodin. In 1928 he left the Soviet Union for Paris. His compositions include eight symphonies, the symphonic poems Stenka Razin and The Kremlin (1892), the ballets Raymonda (1898) and The Seasons (1901), the Violin Concerto op. 82 (1904), chamber music, and music for piano and for voice. |