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He was a Romantic period composer, singer and pianist born
in Tolbolsk, Siberia, Russia, to a wealthy family. After completing his studies he served
in the military in the Patriotic War of 1812 and remained in service until
1823, where he had risen to officer status and received two awards for
courage. In 1820 he began to
write works for the theatre and in 1834 his Ukrainian folk melodies
publication was issued. He
moved to Moscow in 1824 and in 1825 he was sent to prison after an incident
a night where there had been gambling and a man had died. Fortunately he was acquitted of
murder and he was allowed to return to Moscow after having been sent to
Siberia in exile. His
compositions include the operas The Water Nymph and The Enchanted
Night, the ballet Magic Drum, The Nightingale, 20 musical
comedies, choral works, numerous love songs, and chamber works that include
piano trios, Variations on the Russian theme "In the Garden", a quintet
and String Quartet in E flat major.
He died aged 64 in Moscow.
Quintet Recordings
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, Nimbus NI 5645 (CD:
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition with works by Glnka, Bohme &
Alabiev)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Alyabyev
- http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=1081516&TMPL=LONG#bio
- http://www.vor.ru/English/MTales/tales_084.html
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