Mikhail Franzevich Kerzelli (c. 1740 – December 1818) was a pianist, violinist, teacher and composer of string quartets, violin duets, orchestral and liturgical compositions.
Kerzelli was born at Vienna. There are some operas attributed to him:
- Derevensky prazdnik ili Uvenchannaja dobrodetel (Деревенский праздник, или Увенчанная добродетель – The Village Feast or Crowned Virtue, opera in 3 acts, text by Vasily Maikov, 1777 Moscow)
- Finiks (Финикс – Phoenix, text by Nikolai Nikolev), opera in 3 acts (1779 Moscow)
- Arkas i Irisa (Аркас и Ириса – Arkas and Irisa, text by Vasily Maikov), one-act opera, c. 1780, Moscow)
- Plenira i Zelim (Пленира и Зелим – Plenira and Zelim, opera in 3 acts (1789 Moscow) (probably belongs to Ivan Kerzelli)
He died in Moscow.
References
- Фендейзен, Николай Федорович (2008). History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800: The eighteenth century. Music and theater, 1730-1740; Music in court life during the reigns of Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine II; Music in Russia's domestic life during the second half of the eighteenth century; The Russian horn band; Music in Russian public life during the second half of the eighteenth century; Musical creativity in Russia during the eighteenth century; Literature about music, publishers and sellers of sheet music, instrument makers and merchants. Indiana University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780253348265.
- International Journal of Musicology. P. Lang. 1992. p. 89. ISBN 9783631460986.
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