Kyui, Tzezar' Antonovich

Kyui [Kyuée] (Cui), Tzezar' (César) Antonovich (1–6/18–1835, Vilnius; 3–26–1918, P.). Comp., critic, military general, and expert in fortification. Although one of the Moguchaya Kuchka , he was not Russian by descent, being the son of a Lithuanian lady and a soldier in Napoleon's army who had settled in Vilnius as a teacher of French. Drawn to music, he began piano study at an early age and received instruction in composition for a few months from the Polish opera composer Moniuszko. He entered…