Boris Sergeevich Sheremetev (Борис Сергеевич Шереметев; 1822–1906) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

. His best known work today is the setting of

Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is conside ...

's poem "I Loved You", which has been recorded by artists including Dmitri Hvorostovsky.Романс `Я Вас любил` (А. Пушкин)
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Works

* "I Loved You" ("Я Вас любил") on words by Pushkin

References

Composers from the Russian Empire 1822 births 1906 deaths 19th-century male musicians from the Russian Empire {{Russia-composer-stub