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Alexander Glasunow
Alexander Glasunow

Born
10.08.1865 in St. Petersburg

Died
21.03.1936 in Paris

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Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow was born in 1865 and showed a striking musical talent from a very early age, which was furthered by his teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was taken as a member of the composers’ coterie of the musically charmed entrepreneur and later music publisher Mitrofan Petrowitsch Beljajew, who published Glasunow’s 1st symphony and supported him for the rest of his life. Glasunow admired composers like Brahms and his close friend Tchaikovsky. Especially the fusion of Russian music and West European elements in Tchaikovsky’s compositions influenced Glasunow’s compositional style. He managed to bridge the two rival movements of that time: On the one hand “national Russian” music and on the other hand western influenced music. Glasunow was a master of classical composing techniques and set great value on traditional musical forms. First as a teacher and since 1905 as director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he taught and experienced a new generation of young composers. Amongst his students were Dimitri Schostakowitsch and Sergei Prokofiew. While that rising generation conquered the world with a new, partly experimental musical language, Glasunow stayed true to his traditional style of composing.

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Cortege Solennel op.91

Cortege Solennel op.91

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Festmusik · Festive Music
Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow was born in 1865 and showed a striking musical talent from a very early age, which was furthered by his teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was taken as a member of the composers’ coterie of the musically charmed entrepreneur and later music publisher Mitrofan Petrowitsch Beljajew, who published Glasunow’s 1st symphony and supported him for the rest of his life. Glasunow admired composers like Brahms and his close friend Tchaikovsky. Especially the fusion of Russian music and West European elements in Tchaikovsky’s compositions influenced Glasunow’s compositional style. He managed to bridge the two rival movements of that time: On the one hand “national Russian” music and on the other hand western influenced music. Glasunow was a...

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Gaudiubilate

Gaudiubilate

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 125 Japan Ground Self Defense Force Central Band (GSDF) Stabsmusikkorps des Japanischen Heeres - COL Takahiro Higuchi / LTC Ichiro Sakai Gaudiubilate...
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MVSR125-2
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Im Weissen Rössl<br>New Collection for Smaller Bands Vol. 14

Im Weissen Rössl
New Collection for Smaller Bands Vol. 14

Im Weissen Rössl - Sirius (Shining Stars) - Libera animas - Sailors and the Blue Sea - Scenes de Ballet - Musica Avaz -   Illuminate the Future (ASAYAKE Rhapsody) - Trois Fragments -...
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TDIV578
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RUNDEL Promo 2017/2018

RUNDEL Promo 2017/2018

The RUNDEL promo catalog 2017/2018 includes more than 50 new band pieces from RUNDEL Music Publications plus sample audio CD. You can listen to the audio samples here online or order the printed...
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KAT17.2
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Wendepunkte

Wendepunkte

RUNDEL | audio | compact disc | CD | 99 Diese neue CD enthält 12 eindrucksvolle und vielseitige Konzertwerke, die in gewohnt hoher musikalischer Qualität vom Musikkorps der Bundeswehr...
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MVSR099-2
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Cortege Solennel op.91

Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow was born in 1865 and showed a striking musical talent from a very early age, which was furthered by his teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was taken as a member...
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