Souvenir d'un lieu cher was written by a Russian composer of the romantic period, who was honored in 1884, and awarded a lifetime pension by who?
Souvenir d'un lieu cher Souvenir d'un lieu cher ("Memory of a dear place"; Russian: "Воспоминание о дорогом месте"), Op. 42, for violin and piano, was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between March and May 1878. It consists of three movements:
Salvatore Tonci Salvatore Tonci (Russian: Сальваторе Тончи; January 1756, Rome - 1844, Moscow) was an Italian-born painter, musician, singer and amateur poet who spent most of his career in Russia. He generally called himself "Nikolai Ivanovich", in preference to "Salvatore Sigismondovich".