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Alchevsʹkyĭ, Hryhoriĭ Oleksiĭovych, 1866-1920
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Dates of existence
1866-1920
History
Gregory Alchevsky was born in 1866 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, then the Russian Empire, the son of the wealthy industrialist and banker Aleksey Alchevsky.
He was a Russian and Ukrainian composer. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Kharkiv University in 1887 and continued his studies at the Moscow Imperial Conservatory. Alchevsky became famous as a composer, music critic, public figure, and voice teacher, making a notable contribution to Ukrainian music. Concerned about the development of musical culture in Kharkiv, he organized a balalaika orchestra and several amateur string orchestras. His musical compositions include a symphonic poem, arrangements of Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, and music set to the words of Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, Lesia Ukrainka, Apollon Maykov, Mikhail Lermontov, Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik, and Yakov Polonsky.
He died in 1920 in Moscow, Russia.