Nicolai Soloviev

Nicolai Feopemptovich Soloviev sometimes Solovyov (May 9, 1846 - December 27, 1916) was a Russian music critic, composer, and teacher at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His notable composition students include Samuel Maykapar, Mihkel Lüdig, and Artur Lemba. Soloviev composed several operas, an overture, the symphonic poem Russians and Mongols, and assisted in the completion of Alexander Serov's opera, The Power of the Fiend. ^[1]

As a music critic, Soloviev supported the works of composers such as Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, while trouncing the work of other composers. Of Tchaikovsky's famous piano concerto he wrote, “Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, like the first pancake, is a flop.” ^[2]

His composition students included Peeter Süda.

References

1. ^ The book of musical knowledge: the history, technique, and appreciation of music, together with lives of the great composers, for music-lovers, students and teachers, Arthur Elson, Pg 268, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
2. ^ Novoye Vremya, St. Petersburg, Nov. 13, 1875

External links

• Free scores by Nicolai Soloviev at the International Music Score Library Project

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Name	Soloviev, Nicolai Feopemptovich
Alternative names	Solovyov, Nicolai Feopemptovich
Short description	Russian music critic and composer
Date of birth	May 9, 1846
Place of birth
Date of death	December 27, 1916
Place of death