Rubets, Aleksandr Ivanovich
(1838–1913)
Rubets [Rubyéts], Aleksandr Ivanovich (10–1–1838, Chuguyev [now Kharkov distr.]; 4–28–1913, Starodubye [now Starodub], Bryansk distr.). Theorist, pedagogue, folklorist, and comp. Grad. 1866 from the P. Cons., where he studied comp. with N. Zaremba and also voice. Taught at this institution until 1895. Also wrote theory textbooks and collected and publ. folk songs, some of which were used by P. Chaikovsky , Musorgsky, and N. Rimsky-Korsakov. In the mid—1890s lost his sight and settled in…