Kastal'sky, Aleksandr Dmitriyevich

Kastal'sky [Kastálsky], Aleksandr Dmitriyevich (11–16/28–1856, M.; 12–17–1926, same). Comp., choral cond., and folklorist. As a youth, Kastal'sky studied the piano, sang in a church choir, and made his first attempts at composing and transcribing music for choir. For a time he led the railroad factory worker's choir in Kozlov (Michurinsk), where he also organized an amateur orchestra. He entered the M. Cons. in 1876 and there studied theory with P. Chaikovsky , composition with S. I. Taneyev…