Death Centenary of Alexander A. Alyabyev

Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff (Russian: Александр Александрович Алябьев) (15 August [O.S. 4 August] 1787 – 6 March [O.S. 22 February] 1851) was a Russian comp.. Read more »oser known as one of the fathers of the Russian art song. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, a symphony, three string quartets, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces.Alyabyev's most famous work is The Nightingale (Solovey), a song based on a poem by Anton Delvig.

Country:	USSR
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Death Centenaries
Nominal:	40 k
Year:	1951
Material:	ordinary
Size:	26 x 37 mm
Perforation:	line 12¼
Mintage:	1,000,000