Aleksey Zhivotov
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Aleksey Semyonovich Zhivotov (Russian: Алексей Семенович Животов, 1 November or 14 November 1904 – 27 August 1964) was a Russian composer, who was born in Kazan
and died in Leningrad
. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory
with Vladimir Shcherbachyov. He was a committee member of the Leningrad Composers' Union. His best known works are his song cycle
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Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
and died in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...
with Vladimir Shcherbachyov. He was a committee member of the Leningrad Composers' Union. His best known works are his song cycle
Song cycle
A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a persona common to the songs, or even, as in Schumann's...
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