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]
Biography
editRakhmankulova 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
editRakhmankulova's works include:
Incidental music
editOrchestra
editPiano
edit- Pesnya Bez Slov[3]
Vocal
edit- "Akh, Pesni Moi" (text by Ahmed Erikeyev)[3]
- "Chechek" (text by Alexander Pushkin)[3]
- "Kolybelnaya" (folk tune)[3]
- "Nasha Pesnya" (traditional text)[3]
- "Pesnya o Kube" (text by M. Khusain)[3]
- Prazdnik Elki (for chorus; text by K. Nedzhmi)[3]
- "Priezhaite v Gosti" (text by M. Khusain)[3]
- "Tsvetok" (text by Alexander Pushkin)[3]
- Two Tatar Folk Songs[3]
References
edit- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ho, Allan Benedict; Feofanov, Dmitry (1989). Biographical dictionary of Russian/Soviet composers. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-313-24485-8.
- 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.
- ↑ M. Rakhmankulova, "Shugur" (in Russian), Internet Archive, USSR, retrieved 2025-12-24