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ALEXANDER SERGEIVICH DARGOMIJSKY (181...

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 832 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALEXANDER SERGEIVICH See also:DARGOMIJSKY (1813-1869)  , See also:Russian composer, was See also:born in 1813, and educated in St See also:Peters-See also:burg . He was already known as a talented musical See also:amateur when in 1833 he met See also:Glinka and was encouraged to devote him-self to See also:composition . His See also:light See also:opera Esmeralda was written in 1839, and his Roussalka was performed in 1856, but he had but small success or recognition either at See also:home or abroad, except in See also:Belgium, till the 'sixties, when he became one of See also:Balakirev's circle . His opera The See also:Stone See also:Guest then became famous among the progressive Russian school, though it was not performed till 1872 . See also:Dargomijsky died in See also:January 1869 . His compositions include a number of songs, and some orchestral pieces .

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