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.
National anthem of Russia The State Anthem of the Russian Federation (Russian: Госуда́рственный гимн Росси́йской Федера́ции , "Gosudárstvennyj gimn Rossíjskoj Federácii"; ] ) is the name of the official national anthem of Russia. Its musical composition and some of its lyrics were adopted from the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and lyricists Sergey Mikhalkov and Gabriel El-Registan. The Soviet anthem was used from 1944, replacing "The Internationale" with a more Sovietcentric and Russiacentric song. The anthem had no lyrics after 1956, due to the original lyrics having references to former leader Joseph Stalin. New lyrics were introduced in 1977 by Mikhalkov with lyrics placing less emphasis on World War II and more on the victory of communism.