Kuzmin, Mikhail Alekseyevich
(1875–1936)
Kuzmin [Kuzméen], Mikhail Alekseyevich (10–6–1875, Yaroslavl; 3–3–1936, L.). Poet, writer, translator, music critic, and comp. Studied with A. K. Lyadov, N. Rimsky-Korsakov , and N. Solov'yov at the P. Cons. (1893–95). Wrote the Russian text for Cherubini's The Water Carrier [Les Deux Journés] and translations for Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Berg's Wozzeck, Stendhal's Life of Rossini, and Rolland's Beethoven. Also provided the text for one of A. N. Aleksandrov's greatest works…