Russian Sailor’s Dance – Rheinhold Glière (tr. Janette Fishell)

Rheinhold Glière (1875–1956)

The “Father of Soviet Composers,” he left his native Kiev to study at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a pupil of Taneiev and Ippolitov-Ivanov, among others. He later became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory where he taught several well-known Soviet composers. As a composer, he gained favorable attention with his orchestral and chamber-music works.