Glazunov [Gluhzunóff] (Glazounov, Glasunow), Aleksandr Konstantinovich (7–29/8–10–1865, P.; 3–21–1936, Paris, France [his body was reinterred in L., 1972]). Comp., cond., and pedagogue. Glazunov, the son of a well-to-do publisher, displayed musical gifts at an early age and took private piano and composition lessons before his teen years. After meeting Balakirev in 1879, he began accelerated private composition studies with N. Rimsky-Korsakov , which culminated in the highly acclaimed…