Ekaterina Senyavina
Illustration — Catherine Vorontsova (Senyavina) Yekaterina Alexeyevna Senyavina (1761–1784) was a Russian composer and pianist. In 1781, at the court of Catherine II she was the harpsichordist for what was probably the first performance of a harpsichord concerto by Giovanni Paisiello. She composed numerous short instrumental and keyboard pieces for private court occasions.
Also recorded as Yekaterina Sinyavina · Yekaterina Alexeyevna Sinyavina
Ekaterina Senyavina
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- Born
- 1761
- Died
- 1784 · Pisa.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · pianist · lady-in-waiting
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Illustration — Catherine Vorontsova (Senyavina) Yekaterina Alexeyevna Senyavina (1761–1784) was a Russian composer and pianist. In 1781, at the court of Catherine II she was the harpsichordist for what was probably the first performance of a harpsichord concerto by Giovanni Paisiello. She composed numerous short instrumental and keyboard pieces for private court occasions.
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Her harpsichord sonatas with violin accompaniment, now lost, are among the earliest known examples of keyboard sonatas by a composer of Russian origin. She served as a lady-in-waiting and composer at the court, married Count Simon Romanovich Vorontsov and died in Pisa.
The authorities additionally record the headings Yekaterina Sinyavina and Yekaterina Alexeyevna Sinyavina. She was the child of Alexei Senyavin and Anna Elisabeth von Bradke. She married Semyon Vorontsov. 2 children are recorded: Mikhail Vorontsov and Catherine Vorontsov. Recorded as composer, music educator, pianist and lady-in-waiting.
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1761
Ekaterina Senyavina born.
1784
Ekaterina Senyavina died at Pisa.
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- 1.Barbara Garvey Jackson, "Say Can You Deny Me: A Guide to Surviving Music by Women from the 16th through the 18th Centuries (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994).
- 2.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 3.Ritzarev, Marina. Eighteenth-century Russian music. 2001.
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