What is Alexander Glazunov?
[[File:Glazunov by Repin.jpg|thumb|160px|Portrait of Glazunov by [[Ilya Repin]], 1887]] '''Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov''' (10 August 1865{{mdash}}21 March 1936) was a Russian [[composer]], music teacher, and conductor. He was the director of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory between 1905 and 1928. He left the [[Soviet Union]] in 1928 and did not return. Glazunov successfully reconciled [[nationalism]] and [[cosmopolitanism]] in Russian music. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Glazunov, Alexander}} [[Category:1865 births]] [[Category:1936 deaths]] [[Category:Russian composers]]