Miriam Rakhmankulova

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Mariam Mannanovna Rakhmankulova (20 November 1901 - 8 February 1990) was a Soviet composer, [1] [2] mezzo-soprano and translator who was awarded an Honored Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic medal and an Order of Lenin medal. [3]

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Biography

Rakhmankulova was born in Kazan, Russia. She studied music at the Moscow Conservatory and at the Tatar Opera, where her teachers included E. Petrenko and B. Schechter. She was a mezzo-soprano [4] with the Kazan Philharmonic Orchestra, on the radio, and from 1938 to 1959 with the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre.[ citation needed ] Rakhmankulova translated song texts into Tatar, and recorded folk music as a singer. [3]

Works

Rakhmankulova's works include:

Incidental music

Orchestra

Piano

Vocal

References

  1. ↑ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. p. 136. ISBN   978-0-8161-8498-9.
  2. ↑ Ho, Allan Benedict; Feofanov, Dmitry (1989). Biographical dictionary of Russian/Soviet composers. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 655. ISBN   978-0-313-24485-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music USA. p. 571. ISBN   978-0-313-24272-4.
  4. ↑ M. Rakhmankulova, "Shugur" (in Russian), Internet Archive, USSR, retrieved 2025-12-24
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