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Alexander Glazunov

1865 - 1936

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Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. He continued as head of the Conservatory until 1930, though he had left the Soviet Union in 1928 and did not return. The best-known student under his tenure during the early Soviet years was Dmitri Shostakovich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Glazunov is the 79th most popular musician (down from 33rd in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Russia (down from 98th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Musician.

Alexander Glazunov is most famous for his compositions.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alexander Glazunov ranks 79 out of 3,175. Before him are Dean Martin, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Pablo de Sarasate, Pablo Casals, Goran Bregović, and Sviatoslav Richter. After him are John Deacon, Ludovico Einaudi, Charlie Parker, Richard Clayderman, Paco de Lucía, and Yehudi Menuhin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Alexander Glazunov ranks 13. Before him are Ferdinand I of Romania, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Arthur Harden, Warren G. Harding, W. B. Yeats, and Carl Nielsen. After him are Suzanne Valadon, Sven Hedin, Wilfrid Voynich, Paul Dukas, Philipp Scheidemann, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Among people deceased in 1936, Alexander Glazunov ranks 19. Before him are Ferdinand Tönnies, Grigory Zinoviev, Fuad I of Egypt, Charles Nicolle, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Miguel de Unamuno. After him are G. K. Chesterton, Albert Fish, Ottorino Respighi, Louis Blériot, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, and Hans von Seeckt.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Glazunov ranks 149 out of 3,761. Before him are Joseph Brodsky (1940), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Witold Pilecki (1901), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Yemelyan Pugachev (1742), and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897). After him are Vasili III of Russia (1479), Alla Pugacheva (1949), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795), Ivan Bunin (1870), and Feodor II of Russia (1589).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Alexander Glazunov ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Valery Gergiev (1953), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), Edgar Froese (1944), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Maria Yudina (1899), Rudolf Barshai (1924), and Lev Oborin (1907).

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