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Nikolai Zhilyayev
1881-10-18 – 1938-01-20
Life & Legacy
Nikolay Sergeyevich Zhilyayev (Russian: Никола́й Серге́евич Жиля́ев, Nikolaj Sergejevič Žiljajev; 18 November (N.S.) 1881 – 20 January 1938), was a musicologist, and the teacher of several 20th-century composers. He was a victim of political repression in the Soviet Union.
He was a pupil of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory in around 1904. He went on to teach there himself. His pupils included the composers Yevgeny Golubev, Aram Khachaturian, Lev Knipper, Alexei Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Alexei Vladimirovich Stanchinsky, Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov and Samuil Evgenyevich Feinberg.
He was a member of the Russian Academy of Art-Sciences and of the State Institute of Musical Science. He wrote many essays.
Occupation & Career
conductor, composer, musicologist, music educator, university teacher, pedagogue, pianist
Education
Moscow Conservatory
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Moscow Conservatory
Education & Institutions
Moscow Conservatory
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q1991025 — wikidata View source
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