Lavrovsky, Ivan Andreyevich
(1822–1873)
Lavrovsky [Lavróffsky], Ivan Andreyevich (1822, Lopenka [now Poland]; 5–13–1873, Chelm, Poland). Ukrainian cond., pedagogue, and comp. Grad. 1848 from the Theological Seminary in Peremyshl (Przemysl). Along with Verbitsky, was one of the most important Ukrainian comp. of the nineteenth century. Wrote principally sacred and secular cho. music and stage works. His students incl. Matyuk and Vakhnyanin. Bibliography: Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music]…