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Also known as Anton Stepanovich Arensky

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
Languages spoken
Russian
Genre
opera
Instrument
piano
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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
manner of death
natural causes
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Commons Creator page
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place of burial
Tikhvin Cemetery
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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Encyclopedic overview

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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