Aleksandr Kastalsky

In 1887 he started teaching piano at Moscow Synodal School, and in 1891 became assistant precentor of the Moscow Synodal Choir. He was director of both from 1910–1918 until the school was dissolved and merged with the choral faculty of the Conservatory, and the choir was forced to move from sacred to folk repertory. He wrote his first choral works in 1896. After the 1917 Revolution, he devoted himself to the study of folksongs. This resulted in many choral works from which the most important are The Village Symphony (1923) and Rural Work in Folksongs (1924).

Aleksandr Kastalsky studied at Moscow Conservatory. Training under Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is recorded. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are church music. Employment is recorded with Moscow Conservatory and Moscow Synodal School. Works named in the authority record are Klara Milich.

• Klara Milich (opera, 1916) • Scenes of Folk Festivals in Old Russia (1913) • Requiem for Fallen Heroes (вечная память героям) (1917)

• Properties of the Russian Folk Music System ("Особенности народно-русской музыкальной системы"), 1923 • Principles of Folk Polyphony ("Основы народного многоголосия"), 1948 (ed. V.M.Belyaev)

Aleksandr Kastalsky is recorded with the occupation church choirmaster. Recorded with the occupation choir director. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre church music. Recorded as composer, musicologist, ethnomusicologist, music educator and choir director. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Kastalsky and Alexandr Kastalsky. His recorded language was Russian. His recorded confession was Eastern Orthodox Church.