Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov is best known for composing which choral work?
Pavel Chesnokov Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov (Russian: Павел Григорьевич Чесноков) (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.
Vasily Agapkin Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Ага́пкин ; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" (written 1912).