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Birth Anniversary: Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Aljab’ev — August 4, 1787
04 August 2027
Born at Tobolsk on 4 August 1787. Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff, was a Russian composer known as one of the fathers of the Russian art song. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, a symphony, three string quartets, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces.
Dates verified on Grove Music Online, entry "Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Aljab'ev"; MGG Online (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart).
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