Vespers Op. 59-4 Hail Mary
Composer: Aleksandr Tikhonovich
Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Alternative Names/Transliterations:
Александр Тихонович Гречанинов, Aleksandr Tihonovič Grečaninov, Aleksandr
Tikhonovich Grechaninov, Alexander Tikhonovich Grechaninov, Alexander
Tichonowitsch Gretschaninow, Alexandre Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov, Alexandre
Tikhonovitch Grétchaninoff, Alexander Gretschaninoff
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Op. 59-10 Hail, Theotokos |
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His life
Gretchaninov started his musical studies rather late, because his father, a
businessman, had expected the boy to take over the family firm. Gretchaninov
himself related that he did not see a piano until he was 14 and began his
studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1881 against his father's wishes and
without his knowledge. His main teachers there were Sergei Taneyev and Anton
Arensky. In the late 1880s, after a quarrel with Arensky, he moved to St.
Petersburg where he studied composition and orchestration with Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov until 1893. Rimsky-Korsakov immediately recognized
Gretchaninov's extraordinary musical imagination and talent and gave him
much extra time as well as considerable financial help. This allowed the
young man, whose parents were not supporting him, to survive. Out of this
came an important friendship, which only ended in 1908 with Rimsky's death.
As such, it is not surprising that Rimsky's influence can be heard in
Gretchaninov’s early works, such as his String Quartet No.1, a prize-winning
composition.
Around 1896, Gretchaninov returned to Moscow and was involved with writing
for the theatre, the opera and the Russian Orthodox Church. His works,
especially those for voice, achieved considerable success within Russia,
while his instrumental works enjoyed even wider acclaim. By 1910, he was
considered a composer of such distinction that the Tsar awarded him an
annual pension.
Though Gretchaninov remained in Russia for several years after the
Revolution, he ultimately chose to emigrate, first to France in 1925, and
then, at the age of 75, to the United States in 1939. He remained in the
U.S. the rest of his life and eventually became an American citizen. He died
in New York at the age of 91 and is buried outside the church at Rova Farms,
a Russian enclave in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
Grave of Alexander Gretchaninov[edit] His musicGretchaninov wrote five
symphonies, the first premiered by Rimsky-Korsakov; four string quartets,
the first two of which won important prizes, two piano trios, sonatas for
violin, cello, clarinet, piano and balalaika, several operas, song cycle Les
Fleurs du Mal, op. 48 (setting lyrics by Baudelaire) and much other music.
Like Vladimir Rebikov, his position in the history of Russian music was
mainly transitional, his earlier music belonging firmly in that earlier
Romantic tradition while his later work is influenced by some of the streams
that also affected Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev.
Sketches for an unfinished sixth symphony from the 1940s exist.
He also composed a number of small scale piano pieces.
Most of Gretchaninov's manuscripts reside in the Music Division of New York
Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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