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Alexey Verstovsky

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Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky (Алексéй Никола́евич Верстóвский) was a Russian composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka. [1]

46 relations: A Life for the Tsar, Aleksander Pisarev, Alexander Griboyedov, Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov, Aristocracy (class), Askold's Grave (opera), Ballad, Bolshoi Theatre, Cantata, Composer, Gentry, Gioachino Rossini, Gurilyov, Hemorrhoid, John Field (composer), Kiev, Maly Theatre (Moscow), Midi, Mikhail Glinka, Mikhail Zagoskin, Modest Mussorgsky, Moldovans, Moscow, Music theory, Musical composition, Nadezhda Repina, Pan Twardowski, Peter the Great, Piano, Poland, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Russians, Saint Petersburg, Salon (gathering), Song, Soviet Union, Szlachta, Tambov Governorate, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Turkic peoples, United States, Vasily Zhukovsky, Vaudeville, Violin, Vladimir Odoyevsky.

A Life for the Tsar

A Life for the Tsar (italic, Zhizn' za tsarya), is a "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka.

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Aleksander Pisarev

Alexander Ivanovich Pisarev (Александр Иванович Писарев, 14 July 1803, village Znamenskoye, Oryol Governorate, Imperial Russia, - 15 March 1828, Moscow) was a Russian playwright, translator and theatre critic.

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Alexander Griboyedov

Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Грибое́дов, Aleksándr Sergeyevich Griboyedov or Sergéevich Griboédov; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Griboyedoff, was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer.

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Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (a) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic eraBasker, Michael.

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Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov

Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov (19 June 1904 in Simbirsk – 20 August 1990) was a Russian composer, arranger, and conductor.

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Aristocracy (class)

The aristocracy is a social class that a particular society considers its highest order.

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Askold's Grave (opera)

Askold's Grave (also: Askold's Tomb, Russian: Аскольдова могила – Askol’dova mogila) is an opera in four acts by Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862) to a libretto by Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852).

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre (p) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and opera performances.

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Cantata

A cantata (literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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Gentry

The gentry (genterie; Old French gentil: "high-born") are the "well-born, genteel, and well-bred people" of the social class below the nobility of a society.

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Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces.

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Gurilyov

Gurilyov is a Russian family name.

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Hemorrhoid

Hemorrhoids, also called piles, are vascular structures in the anal canal.

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John Field (composer)

John Field (26 July 1782, baptised 5 September 178223 January 1837) was an Irish pianist, composer, and teacher.

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Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv (Kyiv; Kiyev; Kyjev) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper.

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Maly Theatre (Moscow)

Maly Theatre (Малый театр, literally Small Theatre as opposed to nearby Bolshoi, or Grand, opera theatre) is a theatre in Moscow, Russia, principally associated with the production of plays.

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Midi

Midi or MIDI may refer to.

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Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Mikhaíl Ivánovich Glínka) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music.

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Mikhail Zagoskin

Mikhail Nikolayevich Zagoskin (Михаил Николаевич Загоскин), (July 25, 1789 – July 5, 1852), was a Russian writer of social comedies and historical novels.

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Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five".

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Moldovans

Moldovans or Moldavians (in Moldovan/Romanian moldoveni; Moldovan Cyrillic: Молдовень) are the largest population group of the Republic of Moldova (75.1% of the population, as of 2014), and a significant minority in Ukraine and Russia.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Music theory

Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music.

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Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, either a song or an instrumental music piece, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating or writing a new song or piece of music.

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Nadezhda Repina

Nadezhda Vasilyevna Repina (–) was a Russian actress and singer (soprano).

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Pan Twardowski

Pan Twardowski, in Polish folklore and literature, is a sorcerer who made a deal with the Devil.

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Peter the Great

Peter the Great (ˈpʲɵtr vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj), Peter I (ˈpʲɵtr ˈpʲɛrvɨj) or Peter Alexeyevich (p; –)Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are in the Julian calendar with the start of year adjusted to 1 January.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Pyotr Vyazemsky

Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (p; 23 July 1792 – 22 November 1878) was a leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry.

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Russians

Russians (русские, russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. The majority of Russians inhabit the nation state of Russia, while notable minorities exist in other former Soviet states such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic states. A large Russian diaspora also exists all over the world, with notable numbers in the United States, Germany, Israel, and Canada. Russians are the most numerous ethnic group in Europe. The Russians share many cultural traits with their fellow East Slavic counterparts, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians. They are predominantly Orthodox Christians by religion. The Russian language is official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and also spoken as a secondary language in many former Soviet states.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Salon (gathering)

A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host.

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Song

A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Szlachta

The szlachta (exonym: Nobility) was a legally privileged noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Samogitia (both after Union of Lublin became a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and the Zaporozhian Host.

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Tambov Governorate

Tambov Governorate was the administrative unit of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, and later the Russian SFSR with the center in the city of Tambov.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject.

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Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethno-linguistic groups of Central, Eastern, Northern and Western Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vasily Zhukovsky

Vasily Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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Vladimir Odoyevsky

Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (p; –) was a prominent Russian philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Verstovsky

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