Nikolai Artsybushev

Nikolai Artsybushev (23 February [7 March] 1858 – 15 April 1937) was a Russian composer. He received his musical education at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied composition theory with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Alongside his musical activity, he worked as a sworn attorney in St. Petersburg and was a participant in the Belyayev circle.

In 1882 he took part in preparing a piano arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's posthumous opera Khovanshchina, which was edited, completed, and published under the supervision of Rimsky-Korsakov. Although Artsybushev's output was not large, it was noted for solid technique and taste.

Among his published works were the orchestral pieces Characteristic Polka and Waltz-Fantasy; three mazurkas, a waltz, a prelude, and other piano pieces; and fourteen romances for voice with piano accompaniment. As a participant in the collective compositions of Russian composers in the Belyayev circle, he contributed one variation to the orchestral series Variations on a Russian Theme (1901) and another to a similar set of variations on a Russian theme for string quartet.

He also wrote a serenade for string quartet for the collection Fridays and one section of the quadrille Joke for piano four hands. In addition, he made piano four-hand arrangements of orchestral works by Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as other arrangements.

From 1907 he served as chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Russian Composers and Musicians, established according to the will of Mitrofan Belyayev. He was also deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society, becoming its chairman in 1910. From 1920 he directed the M. P. Belaieff publishing house in Paris.

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