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Glinka

American  
[gling-kuh, glyeen-kuh] / ˈglɪŋ kə, ˈgljin kə /

noun

  1. Mikhail Ivanovich 1803–57, Russian composer.


Glinka British  
/ ˈɡlinkə /

noun

  1. Mikhail Ivanovich (mixaˈil iˈvanəvitʃ). 1803–57, Russian composer who pioneered the Russian national school of music. His works include the operas A Life for the Tsar (1836) and Russlan and Ludmilla (1842)

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Mr Cook, deputy mayor at Tamworth council, waived his right to anonymity and first made his claims on Channel 4 on Tuesday, before reiterating them to BBC West Midlands political editor Elizabeth Glinka on Friday.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2022

He has now spoken to BBC West Midlands political editor Elizabeth Glinka, again waiving his right to anonymity.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2022

Those dances also feature in Saturday’s matinee performance, which opens with the orchestra’s glittering brass section performing arrangements of music by Handel, Albinoni, Glinka and Bernstein.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2015

It unites the great names of Russian culture: Michail Glinka and Alexandr Pushkin, maestro Vladimir Jurowski, and one of the most talented opera directors in the world, Dmitri Tcherniakov.”

From Forbes Oct. 1, 2012

Instead, that position was filled by Mikhail Glinka, whose operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila had firmly established Tsarist Russia as a musical force to be reckoned with in the 1830s.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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