Trutovsky, Vasily Fyodorovich

Trutovsky [Trutóffsky], Vasily Fyodorovich (c. 1740, Ivanovskaya Sloboda, Belgorod distr.; 1810, P.). Ukrainian performer on the gusli, collector of folk songs, and comp. In 1761 became a servant at the court of Peter III and, five years later, chamber gusli player to Catherine II. Is best known for compiling a Collection of Simple Russian Songs with Music (80 songs in 4 fascicles, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1795; reprinted M., 1953), many of which were used by Musorgsky, Pashkevich, N. Rimsky-Korsakov…