Pyatnitsky, Mitrofan Yefimovich
(1864–1927)
Pyatnitsky [Pyátneetsky], Mitrofan Yefimovich (7–3–1864, Aleksandrovka, Bobrov distr.; 1–21–1927, M.). Folksinger and collector of folk songs. In 1910 founded a folk choir that was received enthusiastically by Russian audiences and became a model for several similar ensembles in the USSR. It received state support after 1917 and, in 1940, was renamed Russkiy Narodny Khor imeni Pyatnitskogo, in honor of its founder. Pyatnitsky also documented folk songs of the Voronezh region on over 400…