Both Arensky and Rachmaninoff's piano writing share stylistic traits such as ubiquitous undulating triplets, breathing figurations, polyphonic countermelodies, and a virtuosic flair.
Composer Biography
At the young age of 21, Arensky secured a teaching post at the Moscow Conservatory, where he taught harmony, counterpoint, and free composition.
Composer Biography
Arensky studied composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, one of Russia's most influential composers, at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
Composer Biography
Arensky died prematurely from tuberculosis at the age of 44 in Finland in 1906.
Composer Biography
Anton Arensky, the mentor of Rachmaninoff, was born into a cultured and musical family; his father was a cellist and his mother an accomplished pianist.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rachmaninoff's creative credo, 'Melody is music, the main fundament of all music,' could equally apply to Arensky's works, both featuring singable melodies connected to bel canto and Russian folk aesthetics.
Composer Biography
Arensky's students at the Moscow Conservatory included future important Russian musicians like Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin, and Reinhold Glière.
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