Nikolai Shcherbachov
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Shcherbachov (in
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, Никола́й Влади́мирович Щербачёв; 12 August ( N.S. 24 August) 1853 – 1 October 1922) was a
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and
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. Born in
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, Shcherbachov was an uncle of fellow composer Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachov, who was a second cousin of Andrei Vladimirovich Shcherbachov (1869–1916). Beginning in 1871 he was associated with " The Five" (or, more broadly, the Balakirev circle). He composed
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pieces,
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, and works for
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. In 1893 Shcherbachov contributed to a new edition of a collective work of the Balakirev circle that consisted of piano pieces based on the Russian version of "
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References

*Jennifer Spencer and Edward Garden. "Shcherbachov, Nikolay Vladimirovich." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/25615 (accessed August 1, 2008; subscription required). *Jennifer Spencer. "Shcherbachov, Andrey Vladimirovich." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/25614 (accessed August 1, 2008; subscription required).


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shcherbachov, Nikolai Vladimirovich 1853 births 1922 deaths Composers from the Russian Empire