Miriam Rakhmankulova


Mariam Mannanovna Rakhmankulova was a Soviet composer, mezzo-soprano and translator who was awarded an Honored Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic medal and an Order of Lenin medal.

Biography

Rakhmankulova 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 with the Kazan Philharmonic Orchestra, on the radio, and from 1938 to 1959 with the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre. Rakhmankulova translated song texts into Tatar, and recorded folk music as a singer.

Works

Rakhmankulova's works include:

Incidental music

  • Elka
  • ''Tapkyr Yeget''

Orchestra

  • Kechkene Khikaya
  • Malenkaya Skazka

Piano

  • ''Pesnya Bez Slov''

Vocal

  • "Akh, Pesni Moi"
  • "Chechek"
  • "Kolybelnaya"
  • "Nasha Pesnya"
  • "Pesnya o Kube"
  • Prazdnik Elki
  • "Priezhaite v Gosti"
  • "Tsvetok"
  • ''Two Tatar Folk Songs''