Turchaninov, Pyotr Ivanovich

Turchaninov [Turchanéenuhff], Pyotr Ivanovich (11–20/12–1–1779, Kiev; 3–16/28–1856, P.). Ukrainian pedagogue and comp. Studied with Sarti and Vedel'. Was ordained a priest in 1803 and worked at various churches. Taught singing at the Imperial Court Chapel from 1827 and was one of the most important composer/arrangers of sacred choral music in early nineteenth-century Russia. His excellent arrangements of Russian liturgical melodies were publ. in 5 vols. in an edition by Kastal'sky (M., 1906)…