He resigned his position as conductor of
the Russian Symphony concerts and the inspectorship of the Imperial
chapel in 1894. In 1900 he was in Brussels again. In 1904, due to his
political views, he was called upon to vacate his post of Director of
the Conservatory. He attended the Russian festival in Paris in the
spring of 1907. The French Society of Composers, however, refused to
admit him to membership. He died in April, 1908, at his property at
Lioubensk.
The titles of his operas are: "The Maid of Pskof," 1872; "A Night in
May," 1880; "Sniegouroschka," 1882; "Mlada," 1892; "Christmas Eve
Revels," 1895; "Sadko," 1897; "Mozart and Salieri," 1898; "Boyarina Vera
Sheloga," 1898; "The Tsar's Bride," 1899; "The Tale of Tsar Saltan,"
1900; "Servilia," 1902; "Kashchei the Immortal," 1902; "Pan Voyevoda,"
1902; "Kitj," 1907; "Le Coq d'or," 1907.
Among his orchestral compositions are: Symphony No. 1, "Serbian
Fantasy," Opus 6; "Symphonic Suite Antar," Opus 9; Symphony, Opus 32.
"Spanish Caprice," Opus 34; "Scheherazade," Opus 35; "Easter Overture,"
Opus 36.
RACHMANINOFF
Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff was born March 29th, 1873, at Onega in
the government of Novgorod, Russia. He entered the Petrograd
Conservatory in 1882, studying piano in the class of Demyaresky, theory
in that of Professor L.
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