Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov (; 23 September 184920 October 1927) was a Russian composer, critic and writer of music.

Biography

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov was born in

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in 1849. He studied at the Technological Institute,

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, then at the

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for a year, under

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(harmony) and Alexandre Dubuque (piano). He lived the next six years of his life in Rome, where he associated with

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and his pupils and studied with Giovanni Sgambati. He returned to Russia and became a music critic with the ''

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''. Many of his compositions were performed, but not published. Arias from his opera ''Zabava Puytatishna'' (1899) have been recorded by

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Eugenia Bronskaya Evgenia (Eugenia) Adolfovna Bronskaya (born von Hacke, or in Russian Gakke) (20 January (1 February) 1882 (she also claimed 1884 or 1888), St.Petersburg — 12 October 1953, Leningrad) was a coloratura soprano and later singing teacher. She ...

and

Leonid Sobinov Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov (, 7 June S 26 May1872 – 14 October 1934) was an Imperial Russian operatic tenor. His fame continued unabated into the Soviet Union, Soviet era, and he was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1923. Sobinov's vo ...

. His liturgical piece ''The Lord's Prayer'' has been recorded by

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/ref> He died in Rome in 1927.

Musical works

* ''Potemkin's Feast'' (or ''Potemkin's Holiday''),

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(1888; 16 December 1902, St Petersburg)Opera Glass
/ref> * ''Zabava Putyatishna'', opera (1899; 15 January 1899, Moscow) * ''The Proud Woman'', opera (not prod.) * ''Woe to the Wise'', opera (19 April 1910, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg) * ''

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'' (a.k.a. ''Vyestalka''),

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(choreography by

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; 29 February 1888;

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, St Petersburg) * ''A Night in May'',

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* ''Savonarola'', symphonic poem * ''Suite champêtre'' * ''A Requiem'', symphonic prologue * ''Medea'',

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* three orchestral suites * several

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s * songs * piano pieces

Literary works

* ''Pushkin in Music'', monograph (1900) * ''Historic Development of Music in Russia'' (1910–11, 2 v.)

Translations

Eduard Hanslick Eduard Hanslick (11 September 18256 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian. Among the leading critics of his time, he was the chief music critic of the '' Neue Freie Presse'' from 1864 until the end of his life. Hi ...

's ''Vom Musikalisch-Schönen'' * Nohl's ''Entwicklung der Kammermusik''

References

Sources

Alexandria Vodarsky-Shiraeff, Russian Composers and Musicians
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Mikhail 1849 births 1927 deaths 19th-century composers from the Russian Empire Music critics from the Russian Empire Opera composers from the Russian Empire Russian ballet composers White Russian emigrants to Italy Translators from the Russian Empire Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Italy Moscow Conservatory alumni