# Alexei Davidov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexei_Davidov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexei_Davidov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Davidov > Source revision: 1335721954 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Russian composer}} {{Infobox person | name = Alexei Davidov | image = Alexei Davidov.JPG | alt = Fuzzy old photo of middle-aged white man in early 19th-century business garb | caption = Alexei Davidov | birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|08|23}}{{cite web |url=http://slovari.yandex.ru/~книги/Музыкальный_словарь/Давидов/ |title=Давидов |trans-title=Davidov |author= |date= |work=Yandex Dictionaries |accessdate=January 30, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}} | birth_place = [Moscow](/source/Moscow) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|03|06|1867|08|23}} | death_place = [Berlin](/source/Berlin) | occupation = Musician, businessman }} '''Alexei Augustovich Davidov''' ({{langx|ru|Алексей Августович Давидов}}) (1867-1940) was a Russian cellist and composer, and also a banker, industrialist, and businessman. Davidov was born in Moscow on August 23, 1867, the son of mathematician and educator [August Davidov](/source/August_Davidov) originally from [Courland](/source/Courland). His uncle [Karl Davidov](/source/Karl_Davydov) was a cellist and composer, and head of the [Saint Petersburg Conservatory](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory). In 1891 Davidov was graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the [University of Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg_State_University) and also from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with a concentration in cello and composition. Davidov was a founder and member (from 1894) of the [Saint Petersburg Music Society](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Music_Society) ({{langx|ru|Петербургского общества музыкальных собраний}}), and in 1896 and 1897 its chairman. He participated in the staging of the operas ''[The Maid of Pskov](/source/The_Maid_of_Pskov)'' and ''[Boris Godunov](/source/Boris_Godunov_(opera))''. Davidov served in the Special Office for Credit in the [Ministry of Finance](/source/Ministry_of_Finance_of_the_Russian_Empire) and from the late 1890s was a member of the board of trustees of the [Saint Petersburg International Commercial Bank](/source/Saint_Petersburg_International_Commercial_Bank). He was head of the [Commercial Bank of Saint Petersburg](/source/Commercial_Bank_of_Saint_Petersburg) from 1909 to 1917, and was a member or chairman of boards of many companies with which the bank was involved, engaged in gold mining, coal mining, machinery manufacturing, and other industries. He was a board member of the Electric Lighting Company (formed in 1886) and that company's Electric Power Division, which built power plants in [Baku](/source/Baku).{{cite web |url=http://www.ourbaku.com/index.php5/Давидов_Алексей_Августович_-_предприниматель |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911234028/http://www.ourbaku.com/index.php5/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_-_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |title=Давидов Алексей Августович - предприниматель |trans-title=Alexei Augustovich Davidov - Entrepreneur |author= |date= |work=Our Baku |accessdate=January 30, 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}} As head of the Commercial Bank, and working jointly with the [Russo-Asiatic Bank](/source/Russo-Chinese_Bank), Davidov participated in the creation of various monopolies. Davidov was a member of the board of the [Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange](/source/Old_Saint_Petersburg_Stock_Exchange) and, from 1913, a [state councilor](/source/Table_of_Ranks) (a civilian rank equivalent to the military rank of brigadier general). After the [Russian Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution)s of 1917, Davidov fled to exile in Germany. He became a [Freemason](/source/Freemasonry) on February 24, 1922, and died in Berlin on March 6, 1940. Davidov was married twice, first (in 1895) to the [Georgian](/source/Georgia_(country)) noblewoman Tamara Eristova. His second wife was the [Mariinsky Theatre](/source/Mariinsky_Theatre) ballerina [Eugenie Platonovna Eduardova](/source/Eugenia_Eduardova). He had three children, Yuri (born 1897), Cyrus (born 1900), and Tatiana (born 1902). ==Works== {{incomplete list|date=January 2012}} *''The Sunken Bell'' ({{langx|ru|Потонувший колокол}}), opera (1900) *''5 Romances, Opus 3'' written for voice and piano using the lyrics of [Mariya Davydova](/source/Mariya_Davydova){{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Romances_to_the_Lyrics_of_M._Davidova%2C_Op.3_(Davidov%2C_Aleksey)|title=IMSLP - 5 Romances to the Lyrics of M. Davidova, Op.3|access-date=August 30, 2021}} *''3 Romances, Opus 4'' *''Southern Night, Opus 7'' *''Asters, Opus 8'' piece for cello, voice, and piano (1903){{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Asters%2C_Op.8_(Davidov%2C_Aleksey)|title=IMSLP - Asters, Op.8|access-date=August 30, 2021}} *''Fantasia, Op.11'' dedicated to [Alfred von Glehn](/source/Alfred_von_Glehn){{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia%2C_Op.11_(Davidov%2C_Aleksey)|title=IMSLP - Fantasia, Op.11|access-date=August 30, 2021}} *''Sister Beatrice'' ({{langx|ru|Сестра Биатриса}}), opera *''Sextet for Strings, Opus 12'', dedicated to Davidov's brother Ivan{{cite web|url=http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a1/IMSLP34391-PMLP77642-Davidoff.Aleksei.Avgustovich_-_Sextet_Op12_score.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315232639/http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a1/IMSLP34391-PMLP77642-Davidoff.Aleksei.Avgustovich_-_Sextet_Op12_score.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |title=Sextuor pour 2 Violons, 2 Altos, et 2 Violoncelles |trans-title=Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos (score) |author=Alexei Davidov |date= |publisher=P. Jurgenson |accessdate=January 30, 2012 }} {{in lang|fr}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Davidov,_Aleksei_Avgustovich Alexei Davidov] at the [International Music Score Library Project](/source/International_Music_Score_Library_Project). {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidov, Alexei}} Category:1867 births Category:1940 deaths Category:Cellists from the Russian Empire Category:Composers from the Russian Empire Category:Bankers from the Russian Empire Category:Businesspeople from Saint Petersburg Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexei Davidov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Davidov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Davidov?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.