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Remembering Reinhold Glière

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Foley Schuler
Published June 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM EDT
Left: Reinhold Glière as a young man, c. 1915. Center: Glière feeding chickes at the Moscow Union of Soviet Composers' rest and recreation resort at Ivanovo. Right: Bust atop Glière's grave in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery (
Left: Reinhold Glière as a young man, c. 1915. Center: Glière in later years, feeding chickes at the Moscow Union of Soviet Composers' rest and recreation resort at Ivanovo. Right: Bust atop Glière's grave in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery (photo by Amos Chapple).

Tune in Tuesday afternoon as Foley features music by this pivotal figure in 20th Century music on the 60th anniversary of his death.

One of the leading Soviet-Russian composers of the 20th Century, Reinhold Glière would also leave an enduring legacy as the founder of the Soviet Ballet, and as a master teacher as well, numbering among his students such future greats as Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian. On this afternoon's Classical Music with Foley Schuler, we pay tribute to Glière—who pass away on June 23, 1956—with some of his most memorable music, including the beguiling Concerto for Coloratura Sorapno and orchestra and one of the great works of his later years, the Suite from the ballet The Bronze Horseman, based on Pushkin's epic poem of the same name, and, of course, his most famous work, the "Russian Sailor's Dance," from the ballet The Red Poppy.

You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.

Foley Schuler
Encouraged by creative parents, Foley began his music career at age 7, studying violin with Jean Manning at North Muskegon Public Schools. As a Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp camper, he became Blue Lake Public Radio’s first high school intern. Foley earned an English Literature degree from Hope College, and Masters in Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson College. He has performed with the West Michigan (formerly West Shore) Symphony; served on the English Department faculty at Muskegon Community College, and been the Music, Art & Theatre reviewer for the Muskegon Chronicle. He follows his love of the arts around the globe, but says, “There is no place like the Blue Lake setting, sharing extraordinary music with our listeners.” Foley hosts Blue Lake Public Radio’s weekday classical music from 1 to 4 p.m. and “Sunday on Blue Lake”.
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