Alexander Spendiaryan

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Alexander Spendiaryan (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյան, Russian: Aleksandr Afanas'evich Spendiarov, November 1, 1871 -May 7, 1928 ) was an Armenian music composer, conductor, founder of Armenian national symphonic music and one of the patriarchs of Armenian classical music. His compositions include the opera Almast and the Yerevan Etudes among others. He studied with the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who greatly admired his music and encouraged him to turn deeper into his people's folklore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510696680
• ISBN13: 9785510696684
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"