Alexander Serov

Composer

1820 – 1871

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Who was Alexander Serov?

Alexander Nikolayevich Serov was a Russian composer and music critic. He is notable as one of the most important music critics in Russia during the 1850s and 1860s and as the most significant Russian composer of opera in the period between Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka and the early operas by Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Tchaikovsky.

Alexander Serov was the father of Russian artist Valentin Serov.

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Born
Jan 23, 1820
Saint Petersburg
Also known as
  • А.Серов
  • Serov, Alexander Nikolayevich
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Nationality
  • Russia
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Died
Feb 1, 1871
Saint Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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