Aleksandr Kasyanov (composer)



Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kasyanov (Александр Александрович Касьянов; 17 August 1891 – 13 February 1982) was a Soviet and Russian composer, conductor, pianist and professor. He received the Order of Lenin in 1967, Order of the October Revolution in 1981, and People's Artist of the USSR in 1971.

Works

 * Iola «Иола» (1923),
 * Stepan Razin, «Степан Разин» (1939) on the Cossack Stepan Razin revised 1953, 3rd revision 1977 given at the Bolshoi
 * Partizantka «Партизанка» (1941)
 * Foma Gordeyev «Фома Гордеев» (1946) revised 1966 Kromlyovsky Theatre
 * In the Far North «На дальнем Севере» (1947),
 * Yermak «Ермак» (1957) on the Cossack Yermak Timofeyevich