Ella Adayevskaya

Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (Ella Adaïewsky;

Adayevskaya wrote vocal music (including choral works), chamber music, and two operas. She also edited a collection of Italian songs and published writings on folk music and the music of ancient Greece.

Life

Born in

Adayevskaya died in Bonn in 1926. She was buried in the Alter Friedhof, Bonn.

Works

Operas

• Neprigozhaya (The Ugly Girl), 1873
• Zarya svobody (The Dawn of Freedom), 1877

Vocal music

• Yolka (The Fir Tree), cantata, c. 1870; also
• other choral works, songs

Chamber music

• Greek Sonata for clarinet and piano, 1881
• piano pieces

Notes

References

• Brown, Malcolm Hamrick (n.d.). "Adayevskaya [née Schultz], Ella Georgiyevna." in
  Oxford Music Online
  , accessed 22 January 2016. (subscription required)
• Eaglefield-Hull, A. (1924). A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians London: Dent.
• Hüsken, Renate (2005). Ella Adaïewsky (1846-1926): Pianistin – Komponistin – Musikwissenschaftlerin. Cologne: Dohr.
  ISBN 3-936655-18-9
  .
• Schultz-Adaïewsky E. Morgenröte der Freiheit. Volksoper in vier Akten. Klavierauszug. Nach dem Autograf bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Denis Lomtev. – Lage (Westf.): BMV Robert Burau, 2015.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ella Adaïewsky.

• Biographer Renate Hüsken's website on Adaïewsky (in German)
• Free scores by Ella Adayevskaya at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)