1930s, Myaskovsky was also one of two Russian composers championed by Frederick Stock, the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The other was Reinhold Glière, whom he met in 1940 and commissioned to write his "Feast in Fergana", Op. 75, a large-scale orchestral fantasia. Stock met Myaskovsky in March 1938 at the invitation of the Composers Union. He commissioned Myaskovsky's 21st Symphony (Symphony-Fantasy in F-sharp minor) for the Chicago Symphony's Fiftieth Anniversary. The first performance was in Moscow on November 6, 1940 (conducted by Aleksandr Gauk); Stock conducted the Chicago premiere on December 26, 1940. Honours and awards 1916 – Glinka prize (shared, 350 rubles) for Piano Sonata No. 2 Stalin Prizes: 1941 – first class for Symphony No. 21 1946 – first class for String Quartet No. 9 1946 – first class for Concerto for Cello and Orchestra 1950 – second class for Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano 1951 (posthumous) – first class for Symphony No. 27 and String Quartet No. 13. People's Artist of the USSR (1946) Order of Lenin List of works List of compositions by Nikolai Myaskovsky References Notes Further reading Alexei Ikonnikov, Myaskovsky: his life and work. Translated from the Russian. New York: Philosophical Library, 1946. Reprinted by Greenwood Press, 1969, . Harlow Robinson, Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography, (new paperback edition)—referred to in main text. David Fanning, liner notes to Myaskovsky: Symphony No.6, Deutsche Grammophon 289 471 655–2. Malcolm MacDonald, liner notes to Myaskovsky: Symphony No.6, Warner 2564 63431-2. Philip Taylor, liner notes to Myaskovsky: Symphony No.27, Cello Concerto, Chandos 10025. Andrew Huth, liner notes to Tchaikovsky & Myaskovsky: Violin Concertos, Philips 289 473 343–2. Gregor Tassie, Myaskovsky and his recordings, Classical Record Quarterly, summer, 2012. Gregor Tassie, Myaskovsky, Musical Opinion, October 2012. Gregor Tassie, Nikolay Myaskovsky: the conscience of Russian music, Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield, summer 2014. . Gulinskaya, Zoya K. (1981, 1985). Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Mjaskowski (Russian, translated (by Dieter Lehmann; Ernst Kuhn) into German). Moskva: Izd-vo Muzyka / Berlin: Verlag Neue Musik. ; . External links Myaskovsky. Piano Sonata No.3 in C Minor, Op.19 on Instant Encore A Myaskovsky website List of students from the above website Myaskovsky opus list Myaskovsky String Quartet No. 8 Soundbites and Discussion Detailed article about Myaskovsky and his works Nikolai Myaskovsky took lessons in harmony from Reinhold Glière Cello Concerto review About Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3 and 4 1881 births 1950 deaths 19th-century male