Hijinx - Neil Hamburger

KAZACHENKO Grigory Alekseevich [21 IV (3 V) 1858, Petersburg - 18 V 1938, Leningrad] - Soviet composer, conductor and teacher. Failed activist Arts of the RSFSR (1937). He studied at the Court Singing Chapel with I. I. Rybasov and I. K. Gunke, in 1874-83 in St. Petersburg. the conservatory, where he studied composition by Yu. I. Johansen and N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, playing the fp. studied with R.F. Amenda and PP Stein. After graduating from the conservatory, he worked as a choirmaster at the Mariinsky Theater (since 1889), taught the theory of music in the choir. classes at the state opera, led the circles and societies of the choir. singing. As a conductor, he performed in public concerts of RMI, in USA Concerts in Paris (1898). In 1924-38, the choir directed. class Leningrad. conservatory (since 1926 professor). He owns arrangements for fp. operas "The Snow Maiden" by Rimsky-Korsakov and "Cordelia" by HP Solovyov.