Konstantin Albrecht
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Konstantin Karlovich Albrecht (4 October 1836{{spaced ndash}}26 June 1893) was a cellist in the Moscow Bolshoi Theater orchestra, a teacher and administrator. Interested in choral music, he founded the Moscow Choral Society in 1878. He also helped to found the Russian Musical Society and the Moscow Conservatory.
Friendship with Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky and Albrecht met while both were working at the Moscow Conservatory. The two became friends, and Tchaikovsky dedicated his Serenade for Strings to Albrecht. Tchaikovsky also contributed to Albrecht's Collections of Choral Pieces for Single and Mixed Voices.
See also
- [http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Karl_Albrecht#Correspondence with Tchaikovsky List of letters from Tchaikovsky to Albrecht at Tchaikovsky Research]
References
| url=http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Karl_Albrecht
| title=Karl Albrecht
| work=Tchaikovsky Research
| date=21 June 2015
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| last=Norris
| first=Geoffrey
|author2=Nigel Yandell
| title=Albrecht
| encyclopedia=Grove Music Online
| publisher=Oxford Music Online
| access-date=12 November 2011
| url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/00469pg2
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| url=http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550404
| title=Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings / Souvenir De Florence COMPACT DISC
| publisher=Naxos of America
| year=2008
| access-date=11 November 2011
| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411110530/http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550404
| archive-date=11 April 2013
| url-status=dead
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| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klHtUyx4wZgC
| title=Choral music in the nineteenth century
| last=Strimple
| first=Nick
| publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation
| year=2008
| isbn=9781574671544
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Category:Musicians from the Russian Empire
Category:Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory