Stakhovich, Mikhail Aleksandrovich
(1819–1858)
Stakhovich [Stakhóvneech], Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1819, Palno, Orel distr.; 10–26–1858, same). Folklorist, guitarist, poet, playwright, and comp. Studied guitar with M. Vysotsky and theory with Dotsauer in Dresden. Publ. a history of the guitar and compiled a famous collection of folk songs from which other composers drew melodies, incl. Balakirev in his Ov. on Russian Themes and N. Rimsky-Korsakov in his Snow Maiden and Tale of Tsar Saltan. Preceded Yu. Mel'gunov in adopting a more scientific…