Grechaninov [Grichanéenuhff], Aleksandr Tikhonovich (10–13/25–1864, M.; 1–4–1956, NY). Studied at the M. Cons. (1881–90), where his teachers incl. N. Kashkin and V. Safonov (pf), Larosh (Laroche), Gubert (Hubert), and Arensky (counterpoint and theory), and S. I. Taneyev (form). Grad. 1893 from the P. Cons., studying with N. Rimsky-Korsakov , then with his Qt No. 1 won First Prize in the first composition competition organized by M. Belyayev (1894). In 1903 became involved with the ethnographic…