Alexandrov, Alexander
Alexandrov, Alexander
Alexandrov, Alexander, Russian composer; b. Plakhino, April 13, 1883; d. Berlin, July 8, 1946. He studied with Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov at the St. Petersburg Cons. (1899–1901) and later at the Moscow Cons, with Vasilenko (1909–13). In 1928 he organized the Red Army Ensemble, which he conducted on numerous tours in Russia and abroad. His song Hymn of the Bolshevik Party, with a new set of words, was proclaimed the Soviet national anthem on March 15, 1944. He died while on a concert tour.
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