Nicolai Soloviev
Illustration — Nicolai Soloviev Nicolai Feopemptovich Soloviev (Russian: Никола́й Феопе́мптович Соловьёв; Petrozavodsk, 9 May [O.S. 27 April] 1846 – 27 December [O.S. 14 December] 1916 in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg)), sometimes Solovyov, was a Russian music critic, composer, and teacher at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His notable composition students include Samuel Maykapar, Mihkel Lüdig, Artur Lemba, and Peeter Süda. Soloviev composed several operas, an overture, and the symphonic poem Russians and Mongols, and assisted in the completion of Alexander Serov's opera, The Power of the Fiend.
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Nicolai Soloviev
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- Born
- 1846 · Petrozavodsk.
- Died
- 1916 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- composer · musicologist · music educator · music critic · musician
- Fields
- music criticism
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Nicolai Soloviev Nicolai Feopemptovich Soloviev (Russian: Никола́й Феопе́мптович Соловьёв; Petrozavodsk, 9 May [O.S. 27 April] 1846 – 27 December [O.S. 14 December] 1916 in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg)), sometimes Solovyov, was a Russian music critic, composer, and teacher at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His notable composition students include Samuel Maykapar, Mihkel Lüdig, Artur Lemba, and Peeter Süda. Soloviev composed several operas, an overture, and the symphonic poem Russians and Mongols, and assisted in the completion of Alexander Serov's opera, The Power of the Fiend.
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Born at Petrozavodsk in 1846, died in Saint Petersburg in 1916.
Nicolai Soloviev studied at Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Mikhail Klimov is recorded as having studied under Nicolai Soloviev. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is music criticism. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
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- 1.Elson, Arthur. The Book Musical Knowledge: the History, Technique, and Appreciation of Music, Together with Lives of the Great Composers, for Music-lovers, Students and Teachers, p. 268, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
- 2.Novoye Vremya, St. Petersburg, Nov. 13, 1875
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