Background
Artsybushev was born at Tsarskoye Selo in 1858.
Artsybushev was born at Tsarskoye Selo in 1858.
His name is sometimes seen as Artsibushev, Artsybuchev, Artzibushev, Artzybushev, Artchibousheff, Arcybusev, et cetera His legal studies were at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in Saint St. Petersburg, after which he practised in Street St. Petersburg as an attorney. He also became acquainted with the music publisher Mitrofan Belyayev and participated in his regular weekly gatherings called "Fridays" (Vendredis).
To mark these occasions, a group of 10 composers including Artsybushev collaborated on a 16-part suite for string quartet, called Les Vendredis.
His contribution was a Serenade in A major. He also collaborated with others on Variations on a Russian Theme, in versions for both string quartet and orchestra.
After Belyayev"s death in 1903 he became chairman of the board of the Belyayev publishing house, in which capacity he had significant dealings with Alexander Scriabin. From 1908 to 1917 he was President of his city"s branch of the Russian al Society, and later succeeded Rimsky-Korsakov as President of the Board of Trustees for the Society for the Encouragement of Russian ians.
In 1920 he moved to Paris and became a director of the Belyayev publishing house there.
He died in Paris in 1937, aged 79.
He was a member of the Street St. Petersburg City Council.