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 the Smolensk province. As a child, Glinka was a rather sickly child, he was brought up by a grandmother, an imperious and tough woman, who was feared by all serfs and domestic.
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka - one of the classics of Russian music
The talented composer received his first education at home. However, it is worth noting that Glinka began to study music quite late, his classes with the nanny Barbara Klamer were needed in order to take free time. At that time, Mikhail Ivanovich could only ring the bell and hit the copper basins, imitating the local ringleaders.
In the winter of 1817, his parents sent him to Petersburg, but then no one understood who Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was. A short biography of the future composer was liked by the head of the boarding school at the Pedagogical Institute, and Glinka was accepted there, while this institution was considered quite privileged, and ordinary children could not get there.
Glinka and Pushkin - a symbolic acquaintance
In the hostel, Glinka met the younger brother of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Leo. Two talented young men made friends, and soon Mikhail Ivanovich met the very "luminary of Russian poetry" himself, who often visited his brother in a boarding school. At the same time, Glinka woke up interest in music, and he began to learn to play the piano.
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, whose biography is being studied today in the school music course, studied with the best teachers of those times: Charles Mayer, John Field and Franz Bem. Italian Todi taught Glinka singing. In 1822, the composer left the boarding house, being his best student. At the graduation party, Glinka played a Hummel piano concert with the support of his teacher Mayer.
Composer Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka began composing music in 1822, immediately after the end of the guesthouse. At first, he tried to find variations for the “Swiss Family” - the most popular opera composed by the Austrian composer Weigl. In parallel with this, he improved his ability to play the piano. Soon he began to compose compositions in a wide 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.
Poor health as an obstacle to creativity
Poor health is what Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka always suffered from. The biography of the composer in the period from 1823 to 1824 records a huge number of attempts to recover from diseases, especially for this he traveled around 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 could not hold out, he wanted to make music, and the service did not allow him to do this. In St. Petersburg, Mikhail Ivanovich met with Delvig, Zhukovsky, Mitskevich and many other secular people of the capital. In 1830, Glinka left for 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 entered the world treasury of music. In 1852, the composer's health deteriorated, and he again went abroad. For the second time, Glinka could not improve his well-being, and he died on February 3, 1857.