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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (Russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр, Rejngol’d Moricevič Glier) (January 11 [O.S. 30 December 1874] 1875 – June 23, 1956) was a Russian post-romantic composer. He was born in Kiev. Glière entered the Kiev school of music in 1891, where he was taught violin by Otakar Ševčík, among others. In 1894 Glière entered the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Sergei Taneyev (counterpoint), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (composition), Jan Hřímalý (violin; he dedicated his Octet for Strings, Op. 5, to Hřímalý), Anton Arensky and Georgi Konjus (both harmony). He graduated in 1900, having composed a one-act opera ‘Earth and Heaven’ (after Lord Byron) and received a gold medal in composition.[1] In the following year Glière accepted a teaching post at the Moscow Gnesin School of Music. Taneyev found two private pupils for him in 1902: Nikolai Myaskovsky and the eleven-year old Sergei Prokofiev, whom Glière taught on Prokofiev’s parental estate Sontsovka. [3] Glière studied conducting with Oskar Fried in Berlin from 1905 to 1908. One of his co-students was Serge Koussevitzky, who conducted the premiere of Glière’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 25, on January 23, 1908 in Berlin. Back in Moscow, Glière returned again to the Gnesin School. In the following years Glière composed the symphonic poem Sireny, Op. 33 (1908), the programme symphony Ilya Muromets, Op. 42 (1911) and the ballet-pantomime Chrizis, Op. 65 (1912). In 1913 he gained an appointment to the school of music in

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Symphony No. 3 Op. 42 "Ilya Muromets"

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Stokowski Conducts Russian Music, Volume 1: Glière, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Stravinsky

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preludes to a revolution: russian piano preludes 1905 - 1922

Gliere: Bronze Horseman Suite (The) / Horn Concerto

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Harp Adagios

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The Red Poppy

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GLIERE: Symphony No. 3 ('Ilya Muromets'); Cello Concerto

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Gliere: 12 Pieces, Op. 51 / Prokofiev: Cello Sonata

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Symphony No. 2, Violin Concerto

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