Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Sheremetev
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Count Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Sheremetev ( – 18 May 1931) was a Russia
n composer, conductor and entrepreneur. He founded his own private symphony orchestra in 1882, and from 1898 he organized public concerts in St. Petersburg involving the orchestra and a choir he had inherited from his father, Dmitri Sheremetev. He also founded the Musical Historical Society in 1910, which gave free lecture recitals involving his orchestra and choir. Sheremetev conducted the Russian premiere of Richard Wagner
's Parsifal
in 1906.
On 10 June 1883 he married Marie Heyden (born 1863 in Reval
), daughter of Governor-General of Finland
count Frederick Heyden
(1821–1900) and Elisabeth Zubov
(1833–1894).
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n composer, conductor and entrepreneur. He founded his own private symphony orchestra in 1882, and from 1898 he organized public concerts in St. Petersburg involving the orchestra and a choir he had inherited from his father, Dmitri Sheremetev. He also founded the Musical Historical Society in 1910, which gave free lecture recitals involving his orchestra and choir. Sheremetev conducted the Russian premiere of Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
's Parsifal
Parsifal
Parsifal is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, the 13th century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival and his quest for the Holy Grail, and on Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail.Wagner first conceived the work...
in 1906.
On 10 June 1883 he married Marie Heyden (born 1863 in Reval
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
), daughter of Governor-General of Finland
Governor-General of Finland
Governor-General of Finland ; was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1808 and 1917.-Swedish rule:...
count Frederick Heyden
Frederick Heyden
Count Frederick Maurice van Heiden was a general of infantry in the Imperial Russian Army. He served as the Governor-General of Finland 1881–1898...
(1821–1900) and Elisabeth Zubov
Zubov
Zubov was a Russian noble family which rose to the highest offices of state in the 1790s, when Platon Zubov succeeded Count Orlov and Prince Potemkin as the favourite of Catherine II of Russia....
(1833–1894).