Nunc dimittis alexander gretchaninov biography

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (also commonly transliterated as Aleksandr/Alexandre Grechaninov/Gretchaninoff/Gretschaninow; Russian: Александр Тихонович Гречанинов) (25 October [O.S.

13 October] 1864, Moscow – 3 January 1956, New York City) was a RussianRomantic composer.

His life

Gretchaninov started his musical studies rather late because his father, a businessman, had expected the boy to take over the family firm.

Grechaninov was initially taught by Anton Arensky in Moscow, and then later, in , he went to St Petersburg to study with Rimsky-Korsakov.

Grechaninov was initially taught by Anton Arensky in Moscow, and then later, in , he went to St Petersburg to study with Rimsky-Korsakov.

Nunc Dimittis • Magnificat.

"Nunc dimittis" (or "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant"), Op. 34, No.1, is a choral composition by Alexander Gretchaninoff, which the Virginia Glee Club.

The Duke Chapel Choir performs Nunc Dimittis composed by Alexander Gretchaninov as the Choral Benediction of the Feb 2,

Alexander Gretchaninov, The St. Olaf Choir, Kenneth Jennings ·

Gretchaninov himself related that he did not see a piano until he was 14 and began his studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1881 against his father's wishes and without his knowledge. His main teachers there were Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky.

In the late 1880s, after a quarrel with Arensky, he moved to St. Petersburg where he studied composition and or