How did Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky describe Karl Davydov?
Karl Davydov Karl Yulievich Davydov (Russian: Карл Юльевич Давыдов ; 15 March [O.S. 3 March] 1838 26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1889 ) was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "czar of cellists". He was also a composer, mainly for the cello.
John of Damascus (poem) John of Damascus (Иоанн Дамаскин) is a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, first published in the January, No.1, 1859 issue of "Russkaya Beseda" magazine. Fragments of the poem have been put to music by several composers, among them Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Taneev and Vasily Kalinnikov.