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Aleksandr Diubiuk (1812–1898)

Aleksandr Diubiuk

Russian pianist, teacher and composer (b. 20 February/3 March 1812 in Moscow; d. 27 December 1897/8 January 1898 in Moscow), born Aleksandr Ivanovich Diubiuk (Александр Иванович Дюбюк, Aleksandr Ivanovič Djubjuj, Alexander Ivanovich Dyubyuk); also known outside Russia as Alexandre Dubuque.

He studied under John Field (1782–1837), and taught many eminent pupils himself, including Milii Balakirev, Nikolai Kashkin and Herman Laroche. From 1866 to 1872 he served as professor of piano at the Moscow Conservatory, working alongside Tchaikovsky. As well as composing numerous small piano pieces and romances, he published an important collection of folk-songs, and a book on The Technique of Piano Playing (Техника фортепианной игры).

Tchaikovsky's arrangements of works by Aleksandr Diubiuk:

• Maria-Dagmar, TH 171 (1866) — arrangement of Diubiuk's polka for solo piano

• I Remember All, TH 172 (1866/67) — arrangement for piano duet, after Diubiuk's solo piano transcription (Romance de Tarnwosky) of a song by Elizaveta Tarnovskaia

Tchaikovsky's works dedicated to Aleksandr Diubiuk:

• Mazurka de Salon—No. 3 of Three Pieces, Op. 9 (1870).