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Anton Arensky
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Russian composer, pianist and professor of music
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Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Russian: Антон Степанович Аренский) (July 12, 1861 – February 25, 1906), was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music. Arensky was born in Novgorod, Russia. He was musically precocious and had composed a number of songs and piano pieces by the age of nine. With his father and mother, he moved to Saint Petersburg in 1879, where he studied composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. <a href="ht
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Zelenogorsk
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Employer
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Student of
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Arensky Anton Postcard-1910.jpg
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- Anton Arensky
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1861-08-11
- date of death
- 1906-02-25
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- student
- Feodor Koenemann
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Commons Creator page
- Anton Arensky
- place of burial
- Tikhvin Cemetery
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Anton Arensky
- P8168
- Herbert de Souza
- name in native language
- Антон Аренский
- start of work period
- 1882-00-00
- end of work period
- 1905-00-00
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Anton Arensky, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Anton Arensky, 1895
Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Russian: Анто́н Степа́нович Аре́нский; 12 July [O.S. 30 June] 1861 – 25 February [O.S. 12 February] 1906) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, pianist, conductor and professor of music. He is known especially for his chamber music, songs and piano works, and for a style often associated with the lyricism of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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