Nadezhda Plevitskaya

Russia, 1909–1940

Russian folk singer (1884–1940), born to a Kursk peasant family. The first to bring peasant folksong to the grand concert stage, she was adored by Chaliapin and the Tsar's family and effectively founded the Russian folk-song performance genre — a repertoire of some 800 songs later carried on by Ruslanova, Shulzhenko and others.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Nadezhda Plevitskaya and 1 artist Nadezhda Plevitskaya influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Nadezhda Plevitskaya influence?

• Lidia Ruslanova — Ruslanova studied Plevitskaya's records and manner, took much of her repertoire from her, and said outright: 'I learned gesture from Plevitskaya, who enchanted me in my youth.'