Aleksandr Ivanovich Rubets’. Born 1838, Chuhuiv: died 1913, Starodub. Ukrainian choral conductor, teacher and musicologist. Originally studied in Kharkiv, later graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire in 1886 after studies with Zaremba. He later taught music theory and choral sings at the conservatoire. A noted collector of Ukrainian folk music - he published a collection of Ukrainian national folk-songs in 1870, and a collection of Ukrainian dances in 1872. He was also author of books on music theory and choral singing. He was recognised as such an expert on Ukrainian music that Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov referred to him when composing their respective operas, Mazeppa and May Night. In the mid-1890’s Rubets' lost his sight, and finally settled at the family estate at Starodub in the Chernigiv province, where he continued to run his own music and arts school until his death.
Had to do all of this scan in greyscale as original copy was so poor.
Malcolm
Rubets' A - Twenty Ukrainian National Dances.pdf
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