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Iogann Shtraus — Ol`ga Smirnitskaia: 100 Pisem o Liubvi
[ Johann Strauss — Ol`ga Smirnitskaia: 100 love letters]
Trans. from German by O. Aigner
Moscow: Vremia, 2005 Serie: Dokumental`nyi roman ISBN: 5969100706 Language: Russian
Ol`ga Smirnitskaia was one of the first Russian women-composers. The world famous composer Johann Strauss was invited to Russia by the royal family, and there he fell in love with Ol’ga and proposed marriage, but the marriage did not happen. The author of this book discovered the love letters of Johann and Olga in an archive in Vienna. This story is mostly about Ol`ga Smirnitskaia, and the role Strauss played in her life. Bibliography.