Michał Wielhorski (composer)
Count Mikhail Vielgorsky (, ) (1788-1856) was a Russian official and composer of Polish descent. He composed romances, symphonies, an opera and was an amateur singer, violinist, and patron of the arts. He is considered to be one of the major influences on the musical arts in Russia during the 19th-century because of his Salon (gathering), salons, responsible with bringing the string quartet to Russia. Along with his brother Matvey Vielgorsky, they were considered the "''brothers of harmony''" for their intrepid and comprehensive patronage of the musical arts. Vielgorsky was a friend of Ludwig van Beethoven and an admirer of his music; the Russian premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony took place at Vielgorsky's home in Saint Petersburg in 1836. The same year, Mikhail Glinka rehearsed parts of his new opera ''A Life for the Tsar'' at Vielgorsky's home, accompanied by the Serfdom in Russia, enserfed orchestra of Prince House of Yusupov, Yusupov. In the 1830s and 1840s, as Richard ...
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