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Aleksandr Porfirevich
[al-ig-zan-der pawr-feer-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr puhr-fyee-ryi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər pɔrˈfɪər ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr pʌrˈfyi ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1833–87, Russian composer and chemist.
Historical Examples

The Russian Opera Rosa Newmarch
Musical Portraits Paul Rosenfeld
The Complete Opera Book Gustav Kobb
Musical Portraits Paul Rosenfeld
Musical Portraits Paul Rosenfeld
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Modeste Tchaikovsky
Music: An Art and a Language Walter Raymond Spalding
Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales Leo Tolstoy
The Russian Opera Rosa Newmarch
The Russian Opera Rosa Newmarch

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Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor, symphonies, songs, and chamber music

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