Anatoly Lyadov
Russia, 1878–1914
Russian composer (1855-1914) who worked mainly in short orchestral pieces on folk-tale subjects, including Baba Yaga and The Enchanted Lake, and taught Prokofiev and Myaskovsky at the St Petersburg Conservatory.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Anatoly Lyadov and 2 artists Anatoly Lyadov influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Anatoly Lyadov?
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Lyadov was Rimsky-Korsakov's pupil at the St Petersburg Conservatory and became his colleague there — the fastidious craft of Russian orchestral miniature.
Which artists did Anatoly Lyadov influence?
- Nikolai Myaskovsky — Myaskovsky studied with Lyadov at the St Petersburg Conservatory — the craft behind his twenty-seven symphonies.
- Sergei Prokofiev — Prokofiev studied composition and counterpoint in Lyadov's class — a famously fractious pairing of the enfant terrible and the pedantic master.