Shchiglev, Mikhail Romanovich
(1834–1903)
Shchiglev [Shchéegliff], Mikhail Romanovich (1834, P.; 1–17–1903, same). Choral cond., pedagogue, and comp. A student of Hunke, Shchiglev greatly admired Dargomyzhsky's works and, in the 1860s, attended meetings of the Moguchaya Kuchka. Taught in the regent school of the Court Chapel (1887–1903) and wrote reminiscences about Borodin , a close friend since childhood. Also studied folk music. Two of the tunes he notated are incl. in N. Rimsky-Korsakov's collection of folk songs as Nos. 55 and 87…