Aleksandr Kasyanov (composer)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Kasyanov.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kasyanov^[a] (29 August 1891 [O.S. 17 August] – 13 February 1982) was a Soviet and Russian composer, conductor, pianist and professor. He received the Order of Lenin in 1967, Order of the October Revolution in 1981, and People's Artist of the USSR in 1971.

Aleksandr Kasyanov Александр Касьянов
Background information
Born	29 August 1891 [O.S. 17 August] Bolobonovo [ru], Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	13 February 1982(1982-02-13) (aged 90) Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Nizhny Novgorod)
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Composer Conductor Pianist Teacher
Instrument	Piano

Works

• Iola «Иола» (1923),
• Stepan Razin, «Степан Разин» (1939) on the Cossack Stepan Razin revised 1953, 3rd revision 1977 given at the Bolshoi
• Partizantka «Партизанка» (1941)
• Foma Gordeyev «Фома Гордеев» (1946) revised 1966 Kromlyovsky Theatre
• In the Far North «На дальнем Севере» (1947),
• Yermak «Ермак» (1957) on the Cossack Yermak Timofeyevich^[1]

Notes

1. Russian: Александр Александрович Касьянов, romanized: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kasyanov

References

1. Soviet music - Page 122 Liudmila Viktorovna Poliakova 1961 "It includes such operas as Alexander Kasyanov's Stepan Razin, and Yermak, Antonio Spadavecchia's The Mistress of the Inn, Ordeal and The Gadfly, Kirill Molchanov's The Dawn, Del Corno Street, Vladimir Rubin's Three Fat Men, Grigory ...