Talk:Karl Davydov

Tchaikovsky had no connection with Rimsky-Korsakov; Karl Davydov even less
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Alexandra Tchaikovskaya, the composer's sister, married Lev Vasilievich Davydov, and they had 7 children. Two of these, Vera and Natalia, in turn married a man named "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov". It would be very tempting to believe this was the composer, but it was not, it was someone else of the same name. The composer Rimsky-Korsakov married Nadezhda Nikolayevna Purgold.

See also Talk:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Archive 1, where the issue was canvassed back in 2005. --  Jack of Oz   [your turn]  11:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

To clarify further, the composer was Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), but this man was Nikolai Aleksandrovich Rimsky-Korsakov (1852-1908). From Alexander Poznansky, Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man, p. 401: "... the second of his nieces, Vera, then eighteen, had become engaged to a young naval officer named Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, no relation to the famous composer of the same name." --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  22:33, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Davydov versus Davidov
Following user Kaganer's (first) edit of October 2019, there is a discrepancy between the page name and the spelling used in the text. Assuming that this edit is allowed to stand, we should also rename the page Karl Davidov (with a redirect from Karl Davydov).

(I don't oppose Kaganer's change, although his explanation goes over my head. I think Davidov is the spelling most often encountered these days. Judging by the 1866 Leipzig edition of his cello concerto, the man himself seems to have used the spelling Carl Davidoff.) JBritnell (talk) 04:11, 25 November 2019 (UTC)