Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration) (11/23 Jan. 1820- 20 Jan./1 Feb. 1871 was a Russian composer and music critic. He was also the father of the painter Valentin Serov. He was not only one of the most important music critics in Russia during the 1850s and 1860s, … Wikipedia
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