Pyotr Bulakhov
{{Short description|Russian composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov
| birth_date = 1822
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1885|12|02|1822|df=y}}
| death_place = Vagankovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
| genre = Russian chanson
| occupation = Composer
}}
Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov{{Cite web |date=2015-02-03 |title=Russian classical chanson |url=http://rusklarom.narod.ru/bulahov.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203104137/http://rusklarom.narod.ru/bulahov.htm |archive-date=2015-02-03 |access-date=2024-11-29 }} (Петр Петрович Булахов; 1822 in Moscow – 2 December 1885 in Kuskovo) was a Russian composer of mostly Russian chanson.World literature today Volume 74 University of Oklahoma 2001 "The Gypsy romances of Russian composers such as Varlamov or Bulakhov were thus further "sullied" by the smell and stigma of beer or tobacco. Their brief (three minutes or less) tales of expansive passions were a godsend to the .." He's considered a notable composer due to the chanson he composed having reached critical popularity during his lifetime.{{Cite web |title=Пётр Петрович Булахов (Pyotr Bulakhov) {{!}} Belcanto.ru |url=https://www.belcanto.ru/bulahov.html |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.belcanto.ru}}
Family
Bulakhov came from a very musical family.{{Cite web |title=The Bulakhovs |url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%A1%D0%A0/%D0%92%D0%A2/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=ru.wikisource.org |language=ru}} His father, Pyotr Alexandrovich Bulakhov (1793?–1837), was a classical singer while his brother, Pavel Petrovich Bulakhov (1824–1875)., was a minor composer and operatic singer during his time who premiered the role of the Prince in Alexander Dargomyzhsky's 1856 opera "Rusalka."
Bulakhov's daughter was an opera singer Yevgeniya Ivanovna Zbruyeva (1867?–1936).Laura Williams Macy -The Grove book of opera singers - Page 547 2008 "Zbruyeva, Yevgeniya (Ivanova) (b Moscow, 24 or 26 Dec 1867/5 or 7 Jan 1868; d Moscow, 20 Oct 1936). Russian contralto. She was the daughter of the singer and composer Pyotr Bulakhov."
Career
His compositions were widely sung during his lifetime, totaling up to 100 written. In the 1870s, a fire destroyed his apartment and in this fire, it is thought that many works were burned.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-01 |title=Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov {{!}} Singing voice |url=http://poyom.ru/Petr-Petrovich-Bulahov |access-date=2024-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301202727/http://poyom.ru/Petr-Petrovich-Bulahov |archive-date=1 March 2020 }} His song "You Will Not Believe" ("Ты не поверишь") was set as piano transcriptions by Franz Liszt (Chanson Bohemienne S.250/2), Adolf von Henselt (Fantaisie sur un Air Bohémien-Russe, Op 16) and Ferdinand Beyer (Hommage à la Russie, Op.100 No. 9).
Songs
- Shine, Shine, My Star
- Do Not Awaken Memories
- Don't Wake Me Up
- I Met You
- In the Wide-Open Field
- A dainty mouth pursed in anger
- No, I Do Not Love You
- On parting she spoke
- Over the Fields, the Clean Fields
- The Rendezvous
- The Troika Speeds, the Troika Gallops
- You Will Not Believe How Cute You Are
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