Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov
Born: 12th November 1877, Moscow, Russia
Died: 14th March 1944, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov (Russian: Пáвел Григóрьевич Чеснокóв) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet composer, choral conductor and teacher. He composed over five hundred choral works, over four hundred of which are sacred. Today, he is most known for his piece Salvation is Created as well as works such as Do Not Reject Me in Old Age (solo for basso profondo) and movements from various settings of the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.
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