Galler, Konstantin Petrovich
(1845–1888)
Galler [Gállir], Konstantin Petrovich (7–5–1845, P.; 4–15–1888, same). Critic, pedagogue, collector of folk songs, and comp. Studied with Iogansen, N. Rimsky-Korsakov , and N. Zaremba at the P. Cons. From 1879 taught at the Teacher's Institute and in music classes of the War Ministry in P. His students incl. Veimarn. Publ. two collections of folk songs, the second being the only pre-revolutionary collection of songs from the P. distr. Also wrote a textbook on choral singing. Works: op…