Pavel Chesnokov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pavel Chesnokov

Russian composer

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1877

Place of Birth: Zvenigorod, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1944

Profession: composer, conductor, university teacher, musicologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov (Russian: ?á??? ????ó?????? ??????ó?) (24 October 1877, Voskresensk, Zvenigorod uyezd, Moscow Governorate – 14 March 1944, Moscow), also transliterated Tschesnokoff, Tchesnokov, Tchesnokoff, and Chesnokoff, 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.