Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (Russian: Арсений Николаевич Корещенко, 18 December 1870 – 6 January 1921) was a Russian pianist and composer of classical music, including operas and ballets.
Koreshchenko was born in Moscow in 1870. He entered the Moscow Conservatory, graduating in 1891. He was only the second person ever to be awarded the Conservatory's Great Gold Medal; the first was one of his teachers, Sergei Taneyev, and the third was Sergei Rachmaninoff. He also studied theory under Anton Arensky.
He stayed with his alma mater as a professor of harmony and also taught counterpoint at the Moscow Synodal School.
He died in Kharkov in 1921.
Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 7 (1 act, produced Moscow, 1892)The Angel of Death, Op. 10 (2 acts, based on Mikhail Lermontov)The Ice Palace, Op. 38 (based on Ivan Lazhechnikov's play; produced Moscow 1900)The Magic Mirror, Op. 39The Trojan Women (Euripides), Op. 15Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides), Op. 18Don Juan, cantata, Op. 5Armenian Songs, Op. 8Prologue for the 25th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory, Op. 9Armenian Songs, Op. 13Georgian Songs, Op. 27cother (Opp. 16, 29, 32, 37)Barcarolle, Op. 6A Tale, Op. 11Scène poétique, Op. 12Two Symphonic Sketches, Op. 14Armenian Suite, Op. 20 (also arranged for piano 4 hands)Scènes nocturnes, Op. 21Symphony No. 1 Lyric, Op. 23Musical Picture, Op. 27aConcert Fantasy in D minor, for piano and orchestra (or two pianos), Op. 3 (pub. 1895)String Quartet, Op. 25Two pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 34 (?1898, ded. Anatoliy Brandukov) (1. Sonnet d’amour, A major; 2. Barcarolle, A minor)Trois Morceaux, Op. 1 (1893) (1. Berceuse; 2. Étude; 3. Polonaise)Suite Armeniènne, Op. 20 (5 pieces) (arr. of the orchestral suite for pf duet and pf solo by the composer, pub. 1897) (1. Au ruisseau (Lento non troppo); 2. Scherzo (Allegro moderato); 3. Tempo di valse; 4. Danse armenienne (Allegretto grazioso e non troppo); 5. Finale (Lesghinka) (Allegro ma non troppo))Scènes Enfantines, Op. 22 (6 pieces, 1898, ded. Josef Hoffman) (1. L'ogre; 2. Petit scherzo; 3. Petite marche; 4. Complainte; 5. Menuet; 6. Valse à la Neapolitaine)Quatre Morceaux, Op. 30 (1897) (1. Nocturne; 2. Gavotte; 3. Rapsodie Georgiènne No. 1; 4. Rapsodie Georgiènne No. 2)Morceaux Caractéristiques, Op. 40 (1904, ded. Alexander Goldenweiser) (1. Prélude; 2. Intermezzo; 3. Aveu; 4. Barcarolle; 5. Une page de mes mémoires; 6. Quéstion douloureuse; 7. Impromptu)Piano Pieces, Op. 47 (1915) (of which no. 7 is an Impromptu, A flat major)other (Opp. 19, 33)about 80 songs (Opp. 2, 26, 28, 31, 35, 36)