Anton Stepanovich Arensky (July 12, [OS 30 June] 1861, Novgorod – February 25 [OS February 12], 1906 Perkijarvi, Finland), was a Russian Romantic composer and music professor born in Novgorod, Russia. Arensky had composed a number of songs and piano pieces by age nine. His father and mother moved to St. Petersburg in 1879, where he studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, as a student of Rimsky-Korsakov. Wikipedia
Free web archive of over 15,000 texts (lyrics) to Lieder and other classical vocal pieces in more than 25 languages. Thousands of translations to English included. www.recmusic.org/lieder/a/arensky.html
Raised in a musical family, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Anton Arensky studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakoff at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. arizonachambermusic.org/03RussianCDnotes.htm
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