- Alexander Alyabyev
Infobox musical artist
Name = Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev
Background = non_performing_personnel
Born = OldStyleDate|15 August|1787|4 August
Tobolsk ,Siberia ,Russia
Died = OldStyleDate|6 March|1851|22 February
Genre = Romantic
Occupation =Composer ,pianist ,singer
Notable_instruments =Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev ( _ru. Александр Александрович Алябьев) (OldStyleDate|15 August|1787|4 August,
Tobolsk – OldStyleDate|6 March|1851|22 February,Moscow ) was a Russiancomposer . He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, more than 200 romances, and many other pieces. His most famous work is "The Nightingale", a romance based on a poem written by Alexander Delvig.Biography
Born to a wealthy family, he learnt music in his early years. He joined the Russian Army in 1812, during the
Napoleonic war , and fought as an officer until 1823. He won two awards.Arrested in 1825, after the mysterious death of the man he spent all night gambling with, he was banished to
Siberia in 1828. Freed in 1843, he lived mostly inMoscow until his death in 1851.Music
* "Morning and Evening" (a
vaudeville );
* "Moonlight night", "The House-spirit" (opera s);
* "Celebration of muses" (which opened theBolshoi Theatre (1825);
* "Magic drum, or the Consequence of the Magic flute" (aballet );He composed "The Nightingale" in prison, in 1825. This piece became very popular: Liszt and Glinka wrote piano variations on his theme.
External links
* [http://www.cvnc.org/reviews/2002/march/ArtariaString.html Account of a performance of one of Alyabyev's string quartets]
* [http://www.vor.ru/English/MTales/tales_066.html A biography]
* [http://www.bashedu.ru/konkurs/polovyanyuk/russian/kompozitor/alabyev.html Biography]
* [http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=1081516 A list of Alyabyev's works]
* [http://www.classicalmusic.spb.ru/ruvoclassic/composers/alyabiev/index.htm Page about Alexander Alyabiev in the "Two Centuries of Russian Classical Romance Project"]
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