The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Ippolitov-Ivanov, Michail Michailovitch

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, , Michail Michailovitch Russian composer: b. Gatchina, 19 Nov. 1859. He studied at the Conservatory of Saint Petersburg under Rimsky-Korsakov, removed thereafter to Tiflis where he became director of the conservatory and the opera and also conductor of the symphony orchestra. His stay in the South resulted in the publication of a standard work on the folk-songs of Georgia entitled &lsquo;The Georgian Folk-Song.&rsquo; He was made professor of composition at the Moscow Conservatory in 1893 and in 1906 was made director. In 1899 he became conductor of the Moscow private opera and did much in that capacity for the struggling composers of the new Russian school. Ippolitov-Ivanov has written the operas &lsquo;Ruth&rsquo; (1887); &lsquo;Assya&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;Yabava Putyatishna&rsquo; (1901); &lsquo;Treachery&rsquo; (1911). Other works are &lsquo;Caucasian Sketches,&rsquo; a suite for orchestra; several cantatas, a scherzo, choral works, piano compositions and some chamber music.