Mikhail Pavlovich (von) Azanchevsky (russian: Михаи́л Па́влович (фон) Азанче́вский), – ) was a Russian composer and music teacher. He was the director of the
St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1871-1876. Not long before his death,
Edward Dannreuther called him "one of the most cultivated of living Russian musicians," and commented on "the delicate finish of diction and form which characterises his compositions, as well as for the extensive range of his knowledge in musical matters generally."
Life
He was born in
Moscow
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, the son of the writer . He completed his education in counterpoint and composition under
Moritz Hauptmann and
Ernst Richter at
Leipzig Conservatory
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between the years 1861 and 1864, and lived during some years subsequently, alternately at
Paris
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and at
St. Petersburg
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. He acquired a reputation among book-collectors as the possessor of one of the finest private libraries of works upon music in Europe.
Works
Among his best-known compositions are:
*Op. 2, Sonata in B minor for pianoforte and violoncello
*Op. 10, Trio in F sharp minor for piano and strings;
*Op. 12, Fest-Polonaise for two pianofortes; Passatempo for piano à quatre mains.
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References
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Russian composers
Russian male composers
Saint Petersburg Conservatory academic personnel
1839 births
1881 deaths
19th-century composers
19th-century male musicians from the Russian Empire