ARENSKY, ANTON STEPHANOVICH Russian musical composer, was born at Novgorod, July 31, 1861, and after studying with various teachers finally became a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the conservatoire of St. Petersburg. In 1882 he became a professor at the Moscow conservatoire, and from 1894 to I 90I was director of music in the imperial chapel at St. Petersburg. He composed much chamber music, including the well-known trio and many songs, besides several operas, the chief of which are The Dream on the Volga (1890) ; Raphael (1894), and Nala and Damayanti (1899) . He died at Terioki, Finland, Feb. 25, 1906.