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{{picture|file=Anna Khvostova.jpg|caption='''Anna Khvostova''' (1846-1904)}}
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Russian soprano (later mezzo-soprano) and singing teacher (b. 1846 in [[Naples]]; d. 10/23 October 1904), born '''''Alina Aleksandrovna Khvostova''''' (Алина Александровна Хвостова), but used the first name '''''Anna''''' in her professional career; also known after her marriage as '''''Anna Aleksandrovna Polyakova-Khvostova''''' (Анна Александровна Полякова-Хвостова).
Russian writer, poet and painter (b. 3/15 October 1814 in [[Moscow]]; d. 15/27 July 1841 at Pyatigorsk), born '''''Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov''''' (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов).


She graduated in 1866 from the singing classes of Henriette Nissen-Saloman (1819–1879) at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory, and went on to give concerts in [[Saint Petersburg]], Riga and [[Warsaw]]. Her repertoire included many of Tchaikovsky's romances, of which she was one of the earliest exponents. Her sister Anastasya Khvostova (1842–1911) was a close friend of the composer from his days at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]].
==Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Lermontov==
* Tchaikovsky's song ''The Love of a Dead Man'' (Любовь мертвеца), No. 5 of the [[Six Romances, Op. 38]] (1878), is based on Lermontov's poem of the same name published in 1841.
* Tchaikovsky's chorus ''[[The Golden Cloud Did Sleep]]'' (Ночевала тучка золотая) was written in 1887 to words from Lermontov's poem ''The Rock'' (Утес), published in 1841. Some years previously, in 1874, Tchaikovsky had made an orchestral arrangement of [[Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky]]'s vocal trio ''[[The Golden Cloud Did Sleep (Dargomyzhsky)|The Golden Cloud Did Sleep]]'', which was set to the same words.


From 1874 to 1883, Khvostova was a singing instructor at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory, and during the 1890s she taught at the [[Moscow]] School of Music and Drama.
On at least two occasions between October 1889 and March 1893, Tchaikovsky also considered writing an opera ''[[Béla]]'' (Бэла), after the first part of Lermontov's 1839 novel ''A Hero of Our Time'' (Герой нашего времени), with either [[Anton Chekhov]] or Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko as possible librettists. However, neither of these projects came to fruition.  
 
==Dedications==
In 1869, Tchaikovsky dedicated ''None But the Lonely Heart'' — No. 6 of the [[Six Romances, Op. 6]] — to Anna Khvostova.


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:ru:Полякова-Хвостова,_Анна_Александровна|Wikipedia]] (Russian)
* [[wikipedia:Mikhail_Lermontov|Wikipedia]]
* {{viaf|14772733}}


[[Category:People|Khvostova, Anna]]
[[Category:People|Lermontov, Mikhail ]]
[[Category:Dedicatees|Khvostova, Anna]]
[[Category:Writers|Lermontov, Mikhail ]]
[[Category:Singers|Khvostova, Anna]]

Latest revision as of 11:25, 17 August 2023

Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841), painted in 1837 by Pyotr Zablotsky

Russian writer, poet and painter (b. 3/15 October 1814 in Moscow; d. 15/27 July 1841 at Pyatigorsk), born Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов).

Tchaikovsky's Settings of Works by Lermontov

  • Tchaikovsky's song The Love of a Dead Man (Любовь мертвеца), No. 5 of the Six Romances, Op. 38 (1878), is based on Lermontov's poem of the same name published in 1841.
  • Tchaikovsky's chorus The Golden Cloud Did Sleep (Ночевала тучка золотая) was written in 1887 to words from Lermontov's poem The Rock (Утес), published in 1841. Some years previously, in 1874, Tchaikovsky had made an orchestral arrangement of Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky's vocal trio The Golden Cloud Did Sleep, which was set to the same words.

On at least two occasions between October 1889 and March 1893, Tchaikovsky also considered writing an opera Béla (Бэла), after the first part of Lermontov's 1839 novel A Hero of Our Time (Герой нашего времени), with either Anton Chekhov or Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko as possible librettists. However, neither of these projects came to fruition.

External Links

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