Glinka, Mikhail Syllabification: (Glin·ka, Mikhail)Pronunciation: /ˈgliNGkə/Definition of Glinka, Mikhail (1804–57), Russian composer; full name Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. He is considered the father of the Russian national school of music. Notable operas: A Life for the Czar (1836) and Russlan and Ludmilla (1842). Glinka, Mikhail in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Glinka, Mikhail in the British & World English dictionary
