Glinka

American  

[gling-kuh, glyeen-kuh] / ˈglɪŋ kə, ˈglyin kə /

noun

1. Mikhail Ivanovich 1803–57, Russian composer.

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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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Example Sentences

BBC Midlands Political Editor Elizabeth Glinka said there might also be outsourcing of major divisions and services within the council, such as bin collections.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

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

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

“They didn’t have to go up there, but they did, as a duty to all of you,” Glinka said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2011

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