Arensky [Aryénsky], Anton Stepanovich (7–12–1861, Novgorod; 2–25–1906, Terioki, Finland). Comp. and pedagogue. His precocious talent flourished in the home of his physician father, an amateur cellist, and his mother, a pianist. The family moved to P., where Arensky entered the Cons. in 1879, studying composition under N. Rimsky-Korsakov ; after his graduation in 1882 he became an instructor at the M. Cons., where began his friendship with P. Chaikovsky and S. I. Taneyev . Among his students…