Vasil'yev, Ivan Vasil'yevish

Vasil'yev [Vaséelyiff], Ivan Vasil'yevish (1810s–1870s). Guitarist, singer, and comp. Studied with M. Vysotsky . Was an expert on Russian folk songs and an excellent performer of this repertory. A. Ostrovsky wrote several songs for Vasil'yev, incl. “Iskhodila maladyoshin'ka,” which was quoted by Musorgsky in his opera Khovanshchina. Works: many rom. Bibliography: Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music] (Moscow, 1973)