Ella Adayevskaya

Amongst her teachers were Adolf von Henselt, Anton Rubinstein, and Alexander Dreyschock.

Adayevskaya was a pseudonym derived from the notes A, D, and A, played by the kettledrum in Mikhail Glinka's opera Ruslan and Ludmila.

[2] Her earliest works include choruses written for the Russian Imperial Chapel Choir.

[3] The more ambitious Zarya (Dawn, German title Die Morgenröte der Freiheit (The Dawn of Freedom) ) followed in 1877; this four-act work was dedicated by the composer to Tsar Alexander II, but was rejected by the censor.

[5] In 1911, she moved to Neuwied where was associated with the circle of the poet Carmen Sylva and published many articles on folk music.