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Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (or Glazounov)
(August 10, 1865 – March 21, 1936) was a
Russian composer, as well as an influential music
teacher.

Glazunov was born in Saint Petersburg|St.
Petersburg. He studied music under Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov.

The first of his 8 symphony|symphonies premiered
in 1882 when Glazunov was 16 years old. His
popular Stenka Razin was also a youthful work.

Glazunov also wrote 3 ballets.

Glazunov left Russia in 1928. He toured Europe and
the United States. He died in Paris.

He came to be acknowledged as a great prodigy in
his field, and with the help of his mentor and
friend Rimsky-Korsakov, finished some of Alexander
Borodin's great works, the most famous being The
Opera Prince Igor. They also edited a very famous
piece by Borodin, a part of the Prince Igor Opera,
The Polovtsian Dances.Glazunov is still remembered
as a very famous composer.

==Major works==
:Opus 1: String Quartet No. 1 in D major
(1881-1882)
:Opus 3: Overture No. 1 in G minor for orchestra
"On Greek Themes" (1882)
:Opus 5: Symphony No. 1 in E major "Slavonian
Symphony" (1881-1884)
:Opus 6: Overture No. 2 in D major for orchestra
(1883)
:Opus 7: Serenade No. 1 in A major for orchestra
(1882)
:Opus 8: To the Memory of a Hero, elegy for
orchestra (1885)
:Opus 9: Suite Characteristique in D major for
orchestra (1884-1887)
:Opus 10: String Quartet No. 2 in F major (1884)
:Opus 11: Serenade No. 2 in F major for small
orchestra (1884)
:Opus 13: Stenka Razin (Glazunov)|Stenka Razin,
symphonic poem in B minor(1885)
:Opus 16: Symphony No. 2 in F sharp minor "To the
Memory of Liszt" (1886)
:Opus 19: The Forest, fantasy in C sharp minor for
orchestra (1887)
:Opus 21: Marriage March in E flat major for
orchestra (1889)
:Opus 25: Preludium and Two Mazurkas for piano
(1888)
:Opus 26: String Quartet No. 3 in G major "Quatuor
Slave" (1886-1888)
:Opus 26A: Slavonian Feast, symphonic sketches 
:Opus 28: The Sea, fantasy in E major for
orchestra (1889)
:Opus 29: Oriental Rhapsody in G major for
orchestra (1889)
:Opus 30: The Kremlin, symphonic picture in three
parts (1890)
:Opus 33: Symphony No. 3 in D major (1890)
:Opus 34: The Spring, symphonic picture in D major
(1891)
:Opus 39: String Quintet in A major for string
quartet and cello (1891-1892)
:Opus 40: Triumph March for large orchestra and
chorus (1892)
:Opus 45: Carnaval, overture for large orchestra
and organ in F major (1892)
:Opus 46: Chopiniana, suite for orchestra after
piano pieces by Chopin (1893)
:Opus 48: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (1893)
:Opus 50: "Cortège Solennel" in D major for
orchestra (1894)
:Opus 53: Fantasy From Dark into Light for
orchestra (1894)
:Opus 55: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (1895)
:Opus 56: Coronation Cantata for four soloists,
chorus and orchestra (1895)
:Opus 57: Raymonda, ballet in three acts
(1896-1897)
:Opus 58: Symphony No. 6 in C minor (1896)
:Opus 61: Ruses d'Amour, ballet in one act (1898)
:Opus 62: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, for piano
(????)
:Opus 63: Festive Cantata for solo-voices, women's
chorus and two pianos eight hands (1898)
:Opus 64: String Quartet No. 4 in A minor (1894)
:Opus 65: Cantata after Pushkin for solo voices,
chorus and orchestra (1899)
:Opus 67: The Seasons, ballet in one act (1900)
:Opus 69: Intermezzo Romantica in D major for
orchestra (1900)
:Opus 70: String Quartet No. 5 in D minor (1898)
:Opus 71: Chant du Ménestrel for cello and piano
(1900)
:Opus 74: Piano Sonata No. 1 in B flat minor
(1901)
:Opus 75: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1901)
:Opus 76: March on a Russian Theme in E flat major
(1901)
:Opus 77: Symphony No. 7 "Pastorale" in F major
(1902-1903)
:Opus 79: From the Middle Ages, suite in E major
for orchestra (1902)
:Opus 80: Chant Sans Bornes for soprano and alto
with piano accompaniment (1900)
:Opus 82: Concerto in A minor for violin and
orchestra (1904)
:Opus 83: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major
(1905-1906)
:Opus 84: The Song of Destiny, dramatic overture
in D minor for orchestra (1908)
:Opus 86: Russian Fantasy in A major for
balalaika-orchestra (1906)
:Opus 87: To the Memory of Gogol, symphonic
prologue in C major (1909)
:Opus 88: Finnish Fantasy in C major for orchestra
(1909)
:Opus 89: Finnish Sketches in E major for
orchestra (1912)
:Opus 90: Introduction and Dance of Salomé to the
drama of Oscar Wilde (1908)
:Opus 92: Concerto No. 1 in F minor for piano and
orchestra (1910-1911)
:Opus 93: Preludium and Fugue No. 1 in D major for
organ (1906-1907)
:Opus 94: Love after Shukovsky for mixed chorus a
cappella (1907)
:Opus 95: Music to the drama The King of the Jews
after K.K. Romanov (1913)
:Opus 97: Song of the Volga-skippers for chorus
and orchestra (1918)
:Opus 98: Preludium and Fugue No. 2 in D minor for
organ (1914)
:Opus 99: Karelian Legend in A minor for orchestra
(1916)
:Opus 100: Concerto No. 2 in B major for piano and
orchestra (1917)
:Opus 100A/B: Mazurka Oberek (1917) for violin and
orchestra or piano (1917)
:Opus 102: Romance of Nina from the play
"Masquerada" (1918)
:Opus 106: String Quartet No. 6 in B major
(1920-1921)
:Opus 107: String Quartet No. 7 in C major
"Hommage au passé" (1930)
:Opus 109: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String
Orchestra in Eb Major (1934)
*Works without opus number:
:Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1910)
First movement (incomplete).

==External Links==
*http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/glazun.htm More
Complete List of Works
*http://www.njsymphony.org/Concerts/Program_Notes/
pgmnotesFeb.htm Notes to a Concert with the Fifth
Symphony