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| {{picture|file=Anton Arensky.jpg|caption='''Anton Arensky''' (1861-1906)}} | | {{picture|file=Nikolay Shcherbina.jpg|caption='''Nikolay Shcherbina''' (1821-1869)}} |
| Russian composer, conductor, and pianist (b. 30 June/12 July 1861 in Novgorod; d. 12/25 February 1906 at Perkijarvi, near [[Terijoki]], Finland [now [[Zelenogorsk]], Russia]), born '''''Anton Stepanovich Arensky''''' (Антон Степанович Аренский). | | Russian poet (b. 2/14 December 1821 near [[Taganrog]]; d. 10/22 April 1869 in [[Saint Petersburg]]), born '''''Nikolay Fyodorovich Shcherbina''''' (Николай Фёдорович Щeрбина), also known as '''''Nikolay Sherbina'''''. |
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| In 1882, Arensky graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory, where he had studied composition under [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]], and until 1894 he was a professor at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, where his students included [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] and Aleksandr Skriabin. From 1895 to 1901, he was director of the Imperial Chapel Choir in [[Saint Petersburg]].
| | ==Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Shcherbina== |
| | | ''Reconciliation'' (Примиренье) — No. 1 of Tchaikovsky's [[Six Romances, Op. 25]] (1875) — is a setting of Shcherbina's 1848 poem of the same name. |
| One of Arensky's best-known compositions is his ''Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky'', Op. 35a, which uses the melody of ''Legend'' — No. 5 of Tchaikovsky's [[Sixteen Songs for Children]], Op. 54 (1884).
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 8 letters from Tchaikovsky to Anton Arensky have survived, dating from 1884 to 1891, of which those highlighted in bold have been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 2455a]]''' – late March/early April 1884 (?), from [[Moscow]]
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| * [[Letter 2775]] – 25 September/7 October 1885, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * [[Letter 3110]] – 24 November/6 December 1886, from [[Moscow]]
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| * [[Letter 3215]] – 2/14 April 1887, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * [[Letter 4153]] – 20 June/2 July or 21 June/3 July 1890 (?), from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| * [[Letter 4273a]] – 21 December 1890/2 January 1891, from [[Kiev]]
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| * [[Letter 4431]] – 7/19 July 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| * '''[[Letter 4471]]''' – 8/20 September 1891, from [[Maydanovo]]
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| 4 letters from Arensky to the composer, dating from 1886 to 1891, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 99–102).
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| ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| * [[wikipedia:Anton_Arensky|Wikipedia]] | | * [[wikipedia:Nikolay Shcherbina|Wikipedia]] |
| * {{IMSLP|Arensky,_Anton}}
| | * {{viaf|305090892}} |
| * {{viaf|37714181}} | |
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| [[Category:People|Arensky, Anton]] | | [[Category:People|Shcherbina, Nikolay]] |
| [[Category:Composers|Arensky, Anton]] | | [[Category:Writers|Shcherbina, Nikolay]] |
| [[Category:Conductors|Arensky, Anton]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Arensky, Anton]]
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| [[Category:Pianists|Arensky, Anton]]
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