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About Nikolay Galitzin
Prince Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin was a Russian aristocrat of the Galitzin family and a military officer. He was a military historian, an amateur musician, and is known particularly for his commissioning three string quartets — Opp. 127, 130, and 132 — from Ludwig van Beethoven, which are among the composer's group of late string quartets.
Everything about Nikolay Galitzin →- Occupation
- military officer, composer, cellist, music critic
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- December 8, 1794
- Died
- October 20, 1866