Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (russian: Арсений Николаевич Корещенко, 18 December 1870 – 6 January 1921) was a Russian pianist and composer of classical music, including

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s and

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Biography

Koreshchenko was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

in 1870. He entered the

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, graduating in 1891. He was only the second person ever to be awarded the Conservatory's Great Gold Medal; the first was one of his teachers,

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, and the third was

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...

.Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bertensson, Leyda, Satina
/ref> He also studied theory under

Anton Arensky Anton Stepanovich Arensky (russian: Анто́н Степа́нович Аре́нский; – ) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music. Biography Arensky was born into an affluent, music-loving ...

. He stayed with his alma mater as a professor of harmony and also taught counterpoint at the Moscow Synodal School. He died in

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in 1921.

List of works

Opera

*''Belshazzar's Feast'', Op. 7 (1 act, produced Moscow, 1892) *''The Angel of Death'', Op. 10 (2 acts, based on

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

) *''The Ice Palace'', Op. 38 (based on

Ivan Lazhechnikov Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Лаже́чников; September 25, 1792 – July 8, 1869) was a Russian writer. Biography Lazhechnikov was born into the family of a rich merchant in Kolomna in 1792. He r ...

's play; produced Moscow 1900)

Ballet

*'' The Magic Mirror'', Op. 39

Incidental music

*''

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'' (

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), Op. 15 *''

Iphigenia in Aulis ''Iphigenia in Aulis'' or ''Iphigenia at Aulis'' ( grc, Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι, Īphigéneia en Aulídi; variously translated, including the Latin ''Iphigenia in Aulide'') is the last of the extant works by the playwright Euripide ...

'' (Euripides), Op. 18

Choral works

*''Don Juan'', cantata, Op. 5 *''Armenian Songs'', Op. 8 *''Prologue for the 25th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory'', Op. 9 *''Armenian Songs'', Op. 13 *''Georgian Songs'', Op. 27c *other (Opp. 16, 29, 32, 37)

Orchestral

*''Barcarolle'', Op. 6 *''A Tale'', Op. 11 *''Scène poétique'', Op. 12 *''Two Symphonic Sketches'', Op. 14 *''Armenian Suite'', Op. 20 (also arranged for piano 4 hands) *''Scènes nocturnes'', Op. 21 *Symphony No. 1 ''Lyric'', Op. 23 *''Musical Picture'', Op. 27a

Concertante

*Concert Fantasy in D minor, for piano and orchestra (or two pianos), Op. 3 (pub. 1895)

Chamber

*String Quartet, Op. 25 *Two pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 34 (?1898, ded. Anatoliy Brandukov) (1. Sonnet d’amour, A major; 2. Barcarolle, A minor)

Piano

*Trois Morceaux, Op. 1 (1893) (1. Berceuse; 2. Étude; 3. Polonaise) *Suite Armeniènne, Op. 20 (5 pieces) (arr. of the orchestral suite for pf duet and pf solo by the composer, pub. 1897) (1. Au ruisseau (Lento non troppo); 2. Scherzo (Allegro moderato); 3. Tempo di valse; 4. Danse armenienne (Allegretto grazioso e non troppo); 5. Finale (Lesghinka) (Allegro ma non troppo)) *Scènes Enfantines, Op. 22 (6 pieces, 1898, ded. Josef Hoffman) (1. L'ogre; 2. Petit scherzo; 3. Petite marche; 4. Complainte; 5. Menuet; 6. Valse à la Neapolitaine) *Quatre Morceaux, Op. 30 (1897) (1. Nocturne; 2. Gavotte; 3. Rapsodie Georgiènne No. 1; 4. Rapsodie Georgiènne No. 2) *Morceaux Caractéristiques, Op. 40 (1904, ded. Alexander Goldenweiser) (1. Prélude; 2. Intermezzo; 3. Aveu; 4. Barcarolle; 5. Une page de mes mémoires; 6. Quéstion douloureuse; 7. Impromptu) *Piano Pieces, Op. 47 (1915) (of which no. 7 is an Impromptu, A flat major) *other (Opp. 19, 33)

Songs

*about 80 songs (Opp. 2, 26, 28, 31, 35, 36)

Sources

Eric Blom Eric Walter Blom (20 August 188811 April 1959) was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, music critic and writer. He is best known as the editor of the 5th edition of '' Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1954). Bio ...

, ed., ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians,'' 5th ed., 1954

References

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