Taneev, Sergey Ivanovich
(1856–1915)
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEEVTANEEV, SERGEY IVANOVICHSERGEY IVANOVICH TANEEV [* 1856-† 1915] Whereas his teacher and friend CHAIKOVSKY had concentrated particularly upon harmony in his instruction at the Moscow Conservatory, Sergey Ivanovich Taneev, who succeeded CHAIKOVSKY and for several years served as the Conservatory's director, developed a formidable facility in the art of counterpoint. Taneev noted a decline in the quality of tonal composition towards the end of the nineteenth century and used…