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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka: biography of the world-famous composer

One of the most famous Russian composers, of course, is Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. His biography began on May 20, 1804 in one of the small villages of Smolensk province. In childhood, Glinka was quite a painful child, he was brought up by his grandmother, a powerful and steep woman, who feared all serfs and domestic.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka - one of the classics of Russian music

The first education a talented composer received at home. However, it is worth noting that he began to study music Glinka quite late, his employment with the nanny Varvara Klamer were needed in order to take her free time. At that time, Mikhail Ivanovich could only ring the bell and beat on the copper basins, imitating the local bell ringers.

In the winter of 1817, his parents sent him to St. Petersburg, but then no one knew who Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich was. A short biography of the future composer was pleasant to the head of the boarding school at the Pedagogical Institute, and Glinka was accepted there, while this institution was considered rather privileged, and ordinary children could not get there.

Glinka and Pushkin - a landmark acquaintance

In the hostel, Glinka became acquainted with the younger brother of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Lev. Two talented young men made friends, and soon Mikhail Ivanovich got acquainted with the very "luminary of Russian poetry", who often visited his brother in a boarding house. At the same time, Glinka's interest in music grew, and he began learning to play the piano.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, whose biography is currently studied in the music school course, studied with the best teachers of those times: Charles Mayer, John Field and Franz Böhm. The Italian Todi taught Glinka singing. In 1822, the composer left the boarding school, turning out to be his best student. At the graduation party Glinka played a Gummel concert on the piano with the support of his teacher Mayer.

Composer Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka compiled music in 1822, right after the boarding school. At first he tried to find variations for the "Swiss family" - the most popular opera, composed by the Austrian composer Weigl. In parallel, he improved in playing the piano. Soon he began composing compositions in a variety of genres. For a long time he was not satisfied with his work, although it was then that he wrote songs and romances known to the whole world.

Bad health as an obstacle to creativity

Bad health is something from which Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka always suffered. Biography of the composer in the period from 1823 to 1824 years records a huge number of attempts to recover from diseases, especially for this, he traveled in the Caucasus. In 1824, Glinka moved to St. Petersburg and began working at the Ministry of Railways.

However, for a long time in the Ministry of Railways Glinka failed to hold out, he wanted to do music, and the service did not let him do it. In Petersburg, Mikhail Ivanovich met with Delvig, Zhukovsky, Mickiewicz and many other secular personalities of the capital. In 1830, Glinka went to Germany, and then to Italy in order to improve his own health.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, whose biography is known to many music lovers, returned to Russia in 1834 and lived here for 18 years. For all this time he wrote a huge number of works that have entered the world treasury of music. In 1852, the composer's health deteriorated, and he again went abroad. The second time, Glinka did not manage to improve his state of health, and on February 3, 1857, he died.

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