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Encyclopedia > Lyadov

Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855 - 1914) was a Russian composer and conductor. Lyadov was born to a family of eminent Russian musicians. He graduated from the St.Petersburg Conservatory, where he was studying composition under Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Lyadov was an author of programmatic music, arrangements of Russian folk-songs. His style blended in the influences of the Russian nationalistic school with the Western Romantic trends. Among his pupils were several renowned composers, including S.S Prokofiev, N.Ya.Myaskovsky, M.F.Gnesin, B.F.Asafiev.


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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (640 words)
Stravinsky remarked that Lyadov was as strict with himself as he was with his pupils, writing with great precision and demanding fine attention to details.
Lyadov never finished the opera, but sections of the work found realization in the short tone poems Kikimora and The Enchanted Lake.
Sergei Diaghilev asked the composer for a new ballet score for his Ballets Russes for their 1910 season, but Lyadov's penchant for procrastination resulted in his never fulfilling the commission.
The Anatol Liadov Biography Page on Classic Cat (682 words)
Lyadov was born in St. Petersburg into a family of eminent Russian musicians.
Lyadov possessed a technical facility which was highly regarded by his contemporaries, but his unreliability stood in the way of his advancement.
In 1905 Lyadov began work on a new ballet score, but when the work failed to progress, he shifted gears to work on an opera instead.
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