page_title: Mikhail Azanchevsky
hierarchical_section_title: Mikhail Azanchevsky
caption_attribution_description: English: Mikhail Azanchevsky Русский: Портрет композитора М.П. Азанчевского
context_page_description: Mikhail Pavlovich Azanchevsky, March 3 [O.S. April 5] 1839 – January 12 [O.S. January 24] 1881 was a Russian composer and music teacher. He was the director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1871-1876. Not long before his death, Edward Dannreuther called him "one of the most cultivated of living Russian musicians," and commented on "the delicate finish of diction and form which characterises his compositions, as well as for the extensive range of his knowledge in musical matters generally."
context_section_description: Mikhail Pavlovich (von) Azanchevsky (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович (фон) Азанче́вский), March 3 [O.S. April 5] 1839 – January 12 [O.S. January 24] 1881) was a Russian composer and music teacher. He was the director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1871-1876. Not long before his death, Edward Dannreuther called him "one of the most cultivated of living Russian musicians," and commented on "the delicate finish of diction and form which characterises his compositions, as well as for the extensive range of his knowledge in musical matters generally."
caption: Portrait of the Composer M. P. Azanchevsky, by Konstantin Makovsky, 1877
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