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Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (Pronounced: Ta-'ñe-jÉv) (also Taneev or Taneiev, Russian: СеÑгей ÐÐ²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ð¢Ð°Ð½ÐµÐµÐ², Sergej IvanoviÄ Taneev) (Vladimir, November 25, 1856 – Dyudkovo, near Moscow,June 19 1915), a pupil of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author. (Taneyev's first name appears both as Sergei and Sergey.)
<p>Taneyev was born to a cultured and literary family of Russian nobility. A distant cousin, Alexander Taneyev, was also a composer, while his first cousin, Anna Vyrubova, was highly influential at court.
<p>He began playing the piano at the age of five, taking lessons with a private teacher. His family moved to Moscow in 1865, and in 1866, the nine-year-old Taneyev entered the Moscow Conservatory. His first piano teacher at the Conservatory was Edward Langer. In 1871, Taneyev studied piano with the Conservatory's founder, Nikolai Rubinstein, and music theory with Tchaikovsky.
<p>Taneyev graduated in 1875, the...
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