Nikolai Zhilyayev
Nikolay Sergeyevich Zhilyayev (Nikolaj Sergejevič Žiljajev; 18 November (N.S.) 1881 – 20 January 1938), was a musicologist, and the teacher of several 20th-century composers. He was a victim of political repression in the Soviet Union. He was a pupil of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory in around 1904.
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Nikolai Zhilyayev
- Name
- Nikolay Sergeyevich Zhilyayev
- Born
- 18 November 1881
- Died
- 20 January 1938 (aged 56)
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
- Occupation
- Musicologist, pedagogue
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russian Empire
- Fields
- classical music
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Nikolay Sergeyevich Zhilyayev (Nikolaj Sergejevič Žiljajev; 18 November (N.S.) 1881 – 20 January 1938), was a musicologist, and the teacher of several 20th-century composers. He was a victim of political repression in the Soviet Union. He was a pupil of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory in around 1904.
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He went on to teach there himself. His pupils included the composers Yevgeny Golubev, Aram Khachaturian, Lev Knipper, Alexei Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Alexei Vladimirovich Stanchinsky, Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov and Samuil Evgenyevich Feinberg. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Art-Sciences and of the State Institute of Musical Science. He wrote many essays.
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• Name — Nikolay Sergeyevich Zhilyayev • Native Name — Никола́й Серге́евич Жиля́ев • Born — 18 November 1881 • Died — 20 January 1938 (aged 56) • Education — Moscow Conservatory • Occupation — Musicologist, pedagogue
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Zhilyayev was arrested on charges of monarchism, terrorism, and spying. He was executed on 20 January 1938, during Joseph Stalin's state repression known as the Great Terror. Rehabilitated in April 1961.
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Nikolai Zhilyayev is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as conductor, composer, musicologist, music educator and university teacher.
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1881
Nikolai Zhilyayev was born on 18 November 1881.
1938
Nikolai Zhilyayev died on 20 January 1938.
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Formation and teaching. Zhilyayev studied at Moscow Conservatory. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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