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	Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (2 June 1835–23 March 1881) was a Russian pianist and composer.
		He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
		Grave of Nikolai Rubinstein in Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nikolai_Grigoryevich_Rubinstein (342 words)

	Anton Rubinstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor.
		Rubinstein was born to Jewish parents in Vikhvatinets (now in Transnistria, Republic of Moldova).
		Rubinstein's music demonstrates none of the nationalism of The Five, and in fact he spoke out against Russian nationalism, leading to arguments with Mily Balakirev and others who felt that his establishment of a Conservatory in St. Petersburg would damage Russian musical traditions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anton_Rubinstein (1000 words)

	Anton Rubinstein
		The Rubinstein family, at the dictate of Anton's grandfather Roman Rubinstein, had all been baptized at the time of the ukase against the Jews issued in 1830 by Tsar Nicholas I.
		In July 1838 Rubinstein appeared in the theater of the Petrowski Park at Moscow; and in the year following be went to Paris after Villoing, and in 1840 played before Franz Liszt.
		The sudden death of Rubinstein's father necessitated the withdrawal of his mother and Nikolai to Moscow, while Anton, on Dehn's advice, went to Vienna to seek a livelihood.
	www.nndb.com /people/294/000093015 (688 words)

	Anton Rubinstein @ Soundbug
		Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor.
		Rubinstein was a prolific composer, writing no less than twenty operas (With Der Demon the best known), five piano concertos, six symphonies and a large number of solo piano works.
		Anton Rubinstein was the brother of the pianist and composer Nikolai Rubinstein, but was no relation to the 20th century pianist, Artur Rubinstein.
	www.soundbug.com /artist/1761 (442 words)

	Anton Rubinstein
		Rubinstein was quite a widely performed composer in his lifetime, but following his death, his works were largely ignored.
		Rubinstein's pieces remain somewhat obscure for the time being, however.
		Anton Rubinstein was the brother of the pianist and composer
	www.mp3.fm /Anton_Rubinstein.htm (594 words)

	Program Notes
		Nikolai founded a Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society, and by the mid-1860s its educational activities reached a point where it was granted an imperial charter as a conservatory.
		If Anton Rubinstein had been most responsible for refining Tchaikovsky’s skill as a composer, Nikolai was the figure most responsible for championing his music and disseminating his growing fame.
		When Nikolai Rubinstein died, in 1881, Tchaikovsky felt moved to compose a commemorative piece in his honor: his A minor Piano Trio, which was unveiled on the first anniversary of Rubinstein’s death.
	www.sfsymphony.org /templates/pgmnote.asp?nodeid=3421&callid=117 (1964 words)

	8.554357 TCHAIKOVSKY : Complete Songs Vol. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Fortunately a rich widow, who he was never to meet, provided the moral and financial support to convince him that he should dedicate his life to composition.
		His First Symphony had already put him in confusion, having been rejected by Anton Rubinstein, though it was reasonably well received at its first performance.
		Nikolai Rubinstein, the brother of Anton, who condemned it as unplayable, yet it was to become his most popular work, also savaged the Piano Concerto.
	www.naxos.com /intro/i554357.htm (656 words)

	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
		Rubinstein's brother Anton had brought Tchaikovsky to Moscow in 1866 as a music theory teacher for the new Moscow Conservatory; Tchaikovsky roomed with Nikolai, and the brothers promoted the young composer's works in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
		Rubinstein later recanted and performed the piece as well, while fifteen years later Tchaikovsky made some of the changes Rubinstein had requested.
		Rubinstein's criticisms still have merit, for the piece is in some places nearly unplayable, while other passages for the soloist are barely audible.
	www.barbwired.com /barbweb/programs/tchaikovsky_piano.html (700 words)

	Feb 24-27
		Upon leaving school, Tchaikovsky was immediately appointed to the faculty of the second conservatory of the country, which was in the process of being opened by Anton Rubinstein's brother Nikolai in Moscow.
		Both Anton Rubinstein and Zaremba were harshly critical of the work in progress, which did not help the composer who was already plagued by self-doubt.
		Nikolai Rubinstein presented the new work, or parts thereof, both in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with a considerable success that played an important part in launching Tchaikovsky's career.
	www.clevelandorch.com /images/FTPImages/Performance/program_notes/022405.html (2557 words)

	Piano Sheet Music - CD Sheet Music, Version 2.0 - Russian And Eastern European Piano Music Part One (CD Sheet Music - ...
		Scherzo - Composed by: Anton Rubinstein - From: Op.
		Mazurka (Polongne) - Composed by: Anton Rubinstein - From: Op.
		Valse - Composed by: Anton Rubinstein - From: Op.
	www.encoremusic.com /piano/1704251.html (3500 words)

	MUSICAL TALES
		Just like his elder brother, Nikolai was a prominent pianist, conductor and public figure, but, unfortunately, he is much less known in the West.
		In 1864 Nikolai Rubinstein invited his brother’s best student, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, to teach in the Conservatory he had just opened in Moscow.
		Nikolai never missed a chance to help his young friend and became the first player of music written by the would-be classic.
	www.vor.ru /English/MTales/tales_074.html (758 words)

	symphony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is dedicated to the composer´s friend Nikolai Rubinstein, founder of the Moscow section of the Russian Music Society and of the Moscow Conservatory.
		It seems that this work too was not without its compositional problems, for in a letter to his brother Anatoly the composer writes of the sleepless nights and creative torment he is suffering.
		First performed in Moscow, 3/15 February 1868, conducted by Nikolay Rubinstein (1866 version); Moscow, 19 November/1 December 1883, conducted by Max Erdmannsdörfer (1874 version).
	www.tchaikovsky.host.sk /work/sym1.htm (241 words)

	Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Programme Notes
		As this was his first attempt at a concerto, he sought the advice of his friend Nikolai Rubinstein concerning the piano writing.
		But Rubinstein was also head of the Moscow Conservatoire, and this made it difficult for Tchaikovsky to get a performance of the new concerto in Moscow.
		Rubinstein soon admitted he had made a dreadful error of judgement, and became a great advocate of the concerto.
	www.nottinghamphilharmonic.co.uk /notes/TPC1.html (470 words)

	Saint Louis Symphony
		His choice was Nikolai Rubinstein, the greatest Russian keyboard virtuoso of the day, who agreed to meet Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Conservatory before attending a Christmas party.
		Tchaikovsky was eager for Rubinstein to hear the concerto, but things did not go as he expected.
		Ironically, one of its early champions became Nikolai Rubinstein, who soon had to admit that his initial estimate of the concerto was mistaken.
	www.slso.org /0304notes/10-18.htm (2687 words)

	WCPE - Bite-Sized Trivia
		Rubinstein became so popular that he was in demand for concert sites around the world.
		Tchaikovsky appreciated Nikolai's friendship and talent so much that he wrote his famous Piano Concerto No. 1 specifically with Nikolai in mind.
		In the "What Was I Thinking?" category, Nikolai eventually had to admit that his friend was on to something, for he ended up putting the maligned piano concerto on his regular performance programs.
	www.wcpe.org /trivia/22.shtml (1329 words)

	BookRags: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Biography
		He soon met the Rubinstein brothers, Anton and Nikolai; both were composers, and Anton was a pianist second only to Franz Liszt in technical brilliance and fame.
		In 1866 Nikolai Rubinstein invited Tchaikovsky to Moscow to live with him and serve as professor of composition at the Moscow Conservatory, which he had just established.
		Anton Rubinstein was sarcastic in his dislike, although it became one of the most popular items in his own repertoire as a concert pianist.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/peter-ilyich-tchaikovsky (1248 words)

	The Nikolai Rubinstein Biography Page on Classic Cat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Born Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (2 June 1835–23 March 1881) was a Russian pianist and composer.
		Born in Moscow, where his father had just opened a small factory, he studied piano first with his mother, and later with Alexander Villoing, like his brother.
		According to Tchaikovsky's letters, Rubinstein was unimpressed with the work, and would only premier it if rewritten.
	www.classiccat.net /rubinstein_n/biography.htm (390 words)

	Sergei Liapunov -- Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881) advised Sergei to move to Moscow to enter the Conservatory there, which he did in 1878, studying piano with
		Paul Pabst (1834-1897), and V.I. Wilborg, and composition with Nikolai Hubert (1840-1888), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), and Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915).
		Now that he was in Moscow, where they were not well known, his leanings toward their style became evident in spite of his exposure to the more western-oriented works of Tchaikovsky and Sergei Taneyev prevalent at the Conservatory.
	web3.foxinternet.net /liapunov/life.html (609 words)

	Home Page Music Classical Piano ...
		The task of giving to music its high significance and right value as a means of culture and progress was undertaken by the two brothers Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Rubinstein.
		The Conservatory of Petersburg was inaugurated in 1862, and was managed by Anton Rubinstein; that of Moscow, in 1865, by Nikolai Rubinstein.
		The widow, Countess Odoewskaia, whose husband was a friend of Pooshkin's and Glinkas', made a magnificent present to the same institution by giving it in Nikolai Rubinsteins' memory her husband's large library and a rich collection of stringed instruments of great value.
	www.playpiano.com /music-articles/women&music.htm (2347 words)

	The Philadelphia Orchestra - Program Notes
		Hard to believe, but Nikolai Rubinstein, the virtuoso pianist for whom Tchaikovsky wrote the Concerto, initially reacted with a vicious attack.
		Nikolai Rubinstein's outlandish first reaction to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in late 1874 can now be seen as one of music criticism's quintessential bad calls.
		Wounded as he was by Rubinstein's scathing attack, Tchaikovsky was hardly ready to give up his place as one of the genuine mavericks of Russian music.
	www.philorch.org /styles/poa02e/www/prognotes_20050512.html (2799 words)

	Sleeve Notes - Glinka & Tchaikovsky: Piano Trios
		On 23 March 1881 Nikolai Rubinstein died in Paris at the age of 45.
		It has been claimed that the variations are character-pieces inspired by aspects of Nikolai Rubinstein's life and personality, which may be true.
		The variations include a mazurka and gigue early on, but we should approach this music in the abstract; tonally, the first three variations keep to E, and the fourth falls to the relative minor, C sharp.
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /notes/67216.html (1480 words)

	Strathmore - Events & Tickets - Calendar - Program Notes
		There he had so impressed his teacher Anton Rubinstein that Anton recommended him to his brother Nikolai Rubinstein, who was then founding the Moscow Conservatory.
		Nikolai promptly invited Tchaikovsky to come to Moscow as a teacher of harmony for his new school.
		Unfortunately, Rubinstein and his colleague Nikolai Zaremba tore the work to pieces and told the composer it could not be performed.
	www.strathmore.org /eventstickets/calendar/programnotes.asp?id=994 (1815 words)

	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
		He imagined that his head might fall from his shoulders while he was standing in front of the orchestra, so he actually put his hand under his chin in order to prevent that accident.
		In 1866, realizing Tchaikovsky's talent, the head of the Conservatory, Anton Rubinstein, recommended him as a teacher to his brother, Nikolai Rubinstein, head of the Moscow Conservatory.
		He wanted to dedicate it to Nikolai Rubinstein, but Rubinstein criticized it so much that the composer dedicated it to a famous conductor, Hans von Bulow, instead.
	home.uchicago.edu /~nat222/viktor/tchaikovsky.html (1229 words)

	Tchaikovsky : Life : Chronology
		He plays through the Piano Concerto No. 1 for Nikolai Rubinstein, who is scathing in his verdict.
		Premiere of the Grand Sonata in Moscow by Nikolai Rubinstein.
		He sketches his Piano Trio in memory of Nikolai Rubinstein.
	www.tchaikovsky-research.org /en/chronology.html (3234 words)

	Rubinstein
		It is wonderful to have all these pieces together on one CD, which includes some of the most famous piano works ever written: the Melody in F, the Turkish March from "The Ruins of Athens," and the Romance, Op.
		Yet these Rubinstein compositions are as melodious and moving as any ever created for the keyboard, and they deserve to be presented together on one disc.
		Anton Rubinstein (1830-1894) was not only a prolific composer.
	www.compactdiscoveries.com /CompactDiscoveriesArticles/Rubinstein.html (760 words)

	Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
		As Nikolai Rubinstein had done in the case of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto (if perhaps in somewhat more tactful accompanying remarks), Auer declared the Violin Concerto"unplayable"; the dedication was eventually given to Adolf Brodsky, who happily accepted it and gave the work's premiere in Vienna on December 4, 1881.
		While this background is well known, the part played by a third violinist in bringing this immensely beloved concerto into being is hardly known at all--nor is his name itself, though it is actually to him that the work owes its very existence.
		Upon his graduation in 1875 Kotek was engaged by Nadezhda von Meck, on Rubinstein's recommendation, to perform new music with her in her home, and it was he who brought Tchaikovsky to the attention of the woman who became the composer's patron.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=2506 (818 words)

	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The tale of Tchaikovsky's piano concerto and its rejection by the original dedicatee, Nikolai Rubinstein, is one of the most famous in music history.
		Von Bülow suffered from none of Rubinstein's reservations, instead calling the work ``lofty, strong, and original.'' Since he was planning an American tour in the fall of 1875, he offered to learn the concerto for that trip.
		But as is frequently the case, the music won the battle against the nay-sayers, and even Rubinstein eventually admitted his error, learned the concerto, and performed it many times.
	www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu /geoff/prognotes/tchaikovsky/pianoCon1.html (387 words)

	Kirov Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The student, Sergei Prokofiev, had already ensured that he could not back out of this risky venture: he had not prepared any other concerto, and when the adjudicators cast doubts on the suitability of his concerto for the exam, it was much too late to offer an alternative.
		In the end, everyone was persuaded by his performance, and the adjudicators even decided that he should be awarded the Rubinstein prize, a grand piano.
		Although the influence of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff was in evidence, listeners felt that the concerto spoke of a new world, lived at a faster pace (one critic dubbed it a “soccer concerto”).
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_4377_pn.html?selecteddate=04042005 (1561 words)

	Disky - Royal Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It may be only a mischievous rumour, but the story goes that Tchaikovsky was not responsible for the whole of his world-famous Piano Concerto No 1.
		He worked on it during 1874-5 and sought advice from his friend Nikolai Rubinstein as to its quality.
		Rubinstein suggested putting it out with the other rubbish.
	www.toccata.nu /cd-label/disky/ROY6459.html (243 words)

	Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra - News
		Written for friend and teacher Nikolai Rubinstein, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto was debuted in Boston by Hans von Bülow after its rejection by the originally intended recipient.
		Rubinstein characterized the work as “worthless” and “unplayable,” calling for massive revisions of all but a few pages of the manuscript.
		However, audiences found it to be otherwise and the concerto remains one of the most popular works for piano, easily recognizable by its bold opening bars.
	www.harrisburgsymphony.org /page.cfm?pag=356&idnum=45 (760 words)

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