
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov (Russian:Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ива́нов; 23 September 1849 – 20 October 1927) was a Russian composer, critic and writer of music.
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov was born inMoscow in 1849. He studied at the Technological Institute,Saint Petersburg, then at theMoscow Conservatory for a year, underPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (harmony) andAlexandre Dubuque (piano). He lived the next six years of his life in Rome, where he associated withFranz Liszt and his pupils and studied withGiovanni Sgambati.[1] He returned to Russia and became a music critic with theNovoye Vremya.
Many of his compositions were performed, but not published. Arias from his operaZabava Puytatishna (1899) have been recorded byOlimpia Boronat,Eugenia Bronskaya[2] andLeonid Sobinov.[3] His liturgical pieceThe Lord's Prayer has been recorded byNicolai Gedda.[4]
He died in Rome in 1927.
