No. 6 Danse Des Juives - Music

No. 6 Danse Des Juives by Антон Степанович Аренский

Антон Степанович Аренский

Artist Biography For Антон Степанович Аренский

Anton Stepanovich Arensky 12 July 1861 Novgorod – 25 February 1906 Perkijarvi Finland Was A Russian Romantic Composer And Music Professor. Arensky Had Composed A Number Of Songs And Piano Pieces By Age Nine. His Father And Mother Moved To St. Petersburg In 1879 Where He Studied Composition At The St. Petersburg Conservatory As A Student Of Rimsky-Korsakov. After Graduation In 1882 He Became A Professor At The Moscow Conservatory. Among His Students Were Scriabin Rachmaninoff And Gretchaninov. In 1895 Arensky Returned To St. Petersburg As Director Of The Imperial Choir Having Been Recommended By Balakirev. He Retired In 1901 Spending His Time As A Pianist Conductor And Composer. Arensky Died Of Tuberculosis In A Finnish Sanatorium In 1906. It Is Alleged That Drinking And Gambling Undermined His Health. Tchaikovsky Was The Greatest Influence On Arensky's Musical Compositions. Indeed Rimsky-Korsakov Said "In His Youth Arensky Did Not Escape Some Influence From Me Later The Influence Came From Tchaikovsky. He Will Quickly Be Forgotten." The Perception That He Lacked A Distinctive Personal Style Contributed To Long-Term Neglect Of His Music Though In Recent Years A Large Number Of His Compositions Have Been Recorded. Especially Popular Are The Orchestral Variations On A Theme Of Tchaikovsky Based On One Of The Composer's Songs For Children Op. 54. Arensky Was Perhaps At His Best In Chamber Music In Which He Wrote Two String Quartets Two Piano Trios And A Piano Quintet.