Alexander Alexeyevich Shenshin (; 1890–1944) was a Russian composer. Shenshin studied music with

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, and Semyon Kruglikov from 1907 to 1915. He received a teacher's appointment to the

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in 1922, and by 1940 he was a member of the

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and the composer of the Moscow Children's Theater. Shenshin was a member of the first Presidium of the Moscow

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and a close friend of its president,

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, a noted painter who shared an interest in using scientific methods to further a synthesis of the arts. Kandinsky praised Shenshin's theoretical work, in particular an analysis of two parts of

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's composition '' Années de Pèlerinage'': the "

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", inspired by

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's painting '' The Marriage of the Virgin'', and the " Penseroso", inspired by

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's statue atop the tomb of

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. Shenshin counted the notes and bars in the music and translated them into graphic form, and he measured the corresponding painting and sculpture, linking them to the same mathematical formula.

Works

;Piano *14 Preludes (1910) *17 Preludes (1910) *Op.3. 7 Preludes *Op.10. 9 Preludes *Op.13. Sonata No.1 (1913) *Sonata No.2 (1926) ;Voice and piano *Song Cycle after Blok *Song Cycle after Sologub *Song Cycle after Lenau (trans. Shervinsky) *Op.11. Song Cycle after

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(trans. Shervinsky) *Op.12. 5 Songs (Shervinsky) *Op.14–15 Song Cycles after German poets ;Chamber ensemble *Piano Quintet (1911) *String Quartet (1943) ;Orchestral *Symphonic poem ''Ийола'' (1918) *''Summer pictures.'' Lyric Suite for Symphony Orchestra (for K. D. Balmont, 1929) ;Opera *''O-Tao'' (1925) ;Operetta *''Twelfth Night'' (1939, Moscow Operetta Theater) Entry reproduced at: ;Ballet *''Ancient Dances'' (

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, 1933,

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) *''Tale of Carmen'' (1935) ;Film *''

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'' (1929) *''

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'' (1931)

References

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* 1890 births 1944 deaths Russian male composers 20th-century Russian composers 20th-century Russian male musicians Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory {{Russia-composer-stub