Darius Rucker - Dont Think I Dont Think About It

BERNARD Matvey Ivanovich [1794, Mitava, now Jelgava - 27 IV (9 V) 1871, St. Petersburg] - USA. musespublisher, pianist, teacher, composer. Apprentice J. Field. In 1816-22 he taught in Washington (fp.), Was the bandmaster of the Count Potocki Orchestra in Poland. From 1822 he lived in St. Petersburg, gave lessons (fp.). In 1829 he acquired the music-publishing and music trading company of Dalmas. In the 40-50s. his muses. The store became a center of music trading in USA, and was famous in other countries. B. Publishing House first released some romances by M. I. Glinka, most romances by A. S. Dargomyzhsky, as well as a number of php. works of A. G. Rubinstein, romances and songs by A. A. Alyabyev, A. L. Gurilev, P. P. Bulakhov, A. I. Dubyuk and others. From 1842 he published a journal. "Nouvellist." After B.'s death, the publishing house was headed by his son Nikolai Matveevich B., in 1885 it was purchased by P. I. Jurgenson.