The father of Russian music is Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857). Russian composer, national music school. Born in Novobaskoy in Smolensk, Russia in 1804, he was born into a wealthy landowner family. During his general education in St. Petersburg, he studied piano with John Field in 1817, as well as violin and harmony.

He often went to the theater to enjoy famous operas by Mozart, Rossini and Cherubini, a professor at the French Conservatory of Music. He learned violin from Behm and piano from Irish pianist Field. The German pianist and composer Meyer was Glinka’s main teacher in music theory.

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Glinka was the first composer to blend Russian national music culture with Western music culture and bring it to an advanced level. He is considered the "Father of Russian Classical Music". His music is known for its combination of patriotic content and simple national forms, opening up new paths for Russian music creation in important fields such as opera, orchestral music, and songs.

His operas paved two routes for the development of Russian opera: one is historical themes of patriotism and heroism, represented by "Dedicated to the Tsar"; the other is mythical and legendary themes. , represented by "Ruslan and Lyudmila". In the field of instrumental music creation, he also pioneered the orchestral path of titles and folk song variations.

His works are fresh in style and full of life. His art songs are based on urban minor tunes, giving them a strong Russian style. In addition, he also absorbed exotic and multi-ethnic musical languages ??to enrich Russian musical forms, which had a great influence on future Russian composers.