Sergei Vasilenko

For several years he was the organiser and conductor of the Historic Concerts of the Russian Musical Society. He then became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Aram Khachaturian, Nikolai Roslavets, Nikolai Rakov and Aarre Merikanto. Vasilenko was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour as well as the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 1947, he was awarded the Stalin Prize. He died in Moscow in 1956.

Sergei Vasilenko studied at Moscow Conservatory and Lomonosov Moscow State University. Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov is recorded as having studied under Sergei Vasilenko. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Moscow Conservatory and Lomonosov Moscow State University. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Sergei Vasilenko • Native Name — Сергей Василенко • Born — 30 March 1872 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian Empire • Died — 11 March 1956 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — * Composer • conductor • Education — Imperial Moscow University (1896)

• Skazaniye o grade velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare (Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar) (1902; originally a cantata, Op. 5) • Sïn solntsa (The Son of the Sun), Op. 63 (1929) • Khristofor Kolumb (Christopher Columbus), Op. 80 (1933) • Buran (The Snow Storm), Op. 98 (1939) • Velikiy kanal (The Grand Canal), Op. 101 (1939) • Suvorov, Op. 102 (1942)

• In the Rays of the Sun, Op. 17 (1925–26) • Noya, Op. 42 (1923) • Joseph the Handsome, Op. 50 (1925) • Lola, Op. 52 (1926) • The Gypsies, Op. 90 (1936; after Alexander Pushkin) • The Frog Princess, Op. 103 (1941) • Mirandolina

• Cantata Legend of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar, Op, 5 (later turned into an opera that anticipated Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's work on the same subject) • Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 92 (1937)

• Euripides' Alcestis (written as a schoolboy) • other works

• Three Bloody Battles, Op. 1 (1900) • Epic Poem, Op. 4 (1900–03) • Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 10 (1904–06) • The Garden of Death, symphonic poem after Oscar Wilde, Op. 13 (1907–08) • Sappho, symphonic poem, Op. 14 (1909) • Flight of the Witches, symphonic poem, Op. 15 (1908–09) • Au soleil, symphonic poem, Op. 17 • Fantastic Waltz, Op. 18 (1912) • Symphony No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 • Suite on lute music of the 14th to 17th centuries, Op. 24 (1914) • Zodiac, suite on French themes of the 18th century, Op. 27 (1914) • Exotic Suite, Op. 29 (1915–16) • Indian Suite, Op. 42bis • Chinese Suite, No. 1, Op. 60 (1928) • Turkmenian Suite, Op. 68 (1931) • Chinese Suite, No. 2, Op. 70 (1931) • Merry-go-round, 8 Soviet dances, Op. 73 (1932) • The Soviet East, suite, Op. 75 (1932) • Red Army Rhapsody, Op. 77 (1932) • film music for Boris Barnet's Outskirts (1933) • Slavonic Rhapsody (1937)

• Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 25 (1910–13) • Concerto for symphony orchestra and brass band (1928) • Suite on Russian Folk Themes, balalaika and accordion (1928) • Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 113 • Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 128

• String Quartet in A, Op. 3 (c. 1901) • Sonata in D minor for viola and piano, Op. 46 (1923); version for violin and piano (1955) • String Quartet in E minor, Op. 58 (c. 1928) • Quartet on Turkmenian Themes, for flute, oboe (English horn), clarinet, bassoon and percussion ad lib., Op. 65 (1932) • Piano Trio in A, Op. 74 (1932) • Japanese Suite for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, xylophone and piano, Op. 66a (1938) • Chinese Sketches, woodwind, Op. 78 (1938) • Quartet on American Themes, woodwind, Op. 79 (1938)

• March of the Red Army, Op. 64 (1929) • Fantasy on Revolutionary Songs of the West, Op. 71 (1931)

• songs (including settings of Māori, Sinhalese, Indian and Japanese tunes) • folksong arrangements (including Negro and Turkmenian melodies) • piano pieces