Lyadov, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
(1814–1871)
Lyadov [Lyáduhff] (Liadov), Aleksandr Nikolayevich (1814 [1818], P.; 3–24–1871, same). Cond. and comp. Brother of K. Lyadov , uncle of A. K. Lyadov. Grad. from the P. Theater Sch. In 1833 began cond. ballets in the Imperial Theaters and, during the 1840s–50s, cond. his own ballet orch. Works: ballet mus.; dances. Bibliography: Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedia Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music] (Moscow, 1973)