Nikolai Vladimirovich Shcherbachov

Nikolai Vladimirovich Shcherbachov (in Cyrilllic, Николай Владимирович Щербачёв; b. August 12 (N.S. August 24), 1853; d. October 1, 1922) was a Russian composer and pianist.

Born in St. Petersburg, Shcherbachov was an uncle of fellow composer Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachov, who was a second cousin of Andrei Vladimirovich Shcherbachov (1869-1916). Beginning in 1871 he was associated with the "The Five" (or, more broadly, the Balakirev circle).

He composed piano pieces, songs, and works for orchestra. In 1893 Shcherbachov contributed to a new edition of a collective work of the Balakirev circle that consisted of piano pieces based on the Russian version of "Chopsticks".

References

*Jennifer Spencer and Edward Garden. "Shcherbachov, Nikolay Vladimirovich." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/25615 (accessed August 1, 2008; subscription required).
*Jennifer Spencer. "Shcherbachov, Andrey Vladimirovich." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/25614 (accessed August 1, 2008; subscription required).