Eighteenth Century Russian Composers, Vol. IX

By Daniel Zimmermann

The following native Russian composers are included in this anthology: Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich, Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky, Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin, Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov, Yevstigney Fomin, Stepan Degtyarev, and Artemy Vedel.
The following are Italian composers who worked in Russia: Giovanni Alberto Ristori, Vincenzo Manfredini, Baldassare Galuppi, Francesco Domenico Araja, Giuseppe Sarti, Antonio Lolli, Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta, and Giovanni Paisiello.
The following composers also worked in Russia: Osip Antonovich Kozlovsky, John Field, and Mikhail Matveyevich Sokolovsky.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel Zimmermann
• Release date: Nov 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005258467

Daniel Zimmermann

Daniel Zimmermann was born in Merrill, Wisconsin, and grew up in Hustisford, Wisconsin. He was graduated as valedictorian from Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin. His valedictory concerned the ancient philosopher Plotinus. Special honors were third place in an Eta Sigma Phi Greek composition contest and the Doctor Ott award. He was also graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. After serving as pastor for several years, he became a free lance writer. Because of the outstanding success of his Spanish poetry in Mexico, his biography was included in Who's Who in the Midwest. He is also a former member of American Mensa. He is married to Merian, nee Ecot. The couple is residing in the Philippines. Daniel Zimmermann is the author of short stories and poetry. He also writes non-fiction, especially on literature, history, Christianity, and botany.

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Eighteenth Century Russian Composers, Vol. IX

By Daniel Zimmermann

Chapter One

Native Russian Composers

Included here are composers born in the Ukraine and any other territory that belonged to the Russian Empire in the eighteenth century.

I decided not to use Cyrillic characters when writing the titles of Russian compositions. I have either translated, transliterated, or simply used a translation offered online, especially when the original Russian title was not available.

Alexey Nikolayevich Titov (1769-1827)

Titov was born in St. Petersburg. His music was performed for St. Petersburg audiences. He also died in St. Petersburg.

Music was not his only iron in the fire. He also served in the Russian cavalry, having achieved the rank of major general before he retired.

His musical life centered on opera and ballet. Some of his dramatic works dealt with Greek legend and mythology. For example, he wrote a work entitled Polixena. The heroine of this opera was the daughter of Priam, the King of Troy. According to post-Homeric lore, she was the betrothed of Achilles and was sacrificed on his tomb after his death.

However, some of his works are set in Russia. For example, he wrote a work entitled The Cossack Woman.

He married Yelizaveta Turchaninova. They were blessed with ten children. Their son Nikolai was a song-writer who became famous not only in Russia, but also abroad.

I have not been able to find any of Alexey’s works, but there is an online recording of one of Nikolai’s waltzes.

Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich (c.1742-1797)

played the violin, eventually becoming first violinist in the court orchestra. He composed music for the court and supervised imperial ballroom music. In addition to his court duties, he was a singing teacher and theater manager for a while.