Morozov, Nikita Semyonovich
(1864–1925)
Morozov [Marózuhff], Nikita Semyonovich (1864, Novocherkassk; 1925, M.). Theorist, pedagogue, and comp. Grad. as a mathematician from M. Univ. (1887) and as a pianist (1891) and comp. (1892) from the M. Cons., where his teachers incl. Arensky and S.I. Taneyev . Taught at the M. Cons. from 1893–1924; cond. research on musical form, melody, rhythm, and harmony; and transl. Riemann's Katechismus der Musik. Was a close friend and confidant of Rachmaninoff, who dedicated to Morozov his cantata…