Yastrebtsov, Vasily Vasil'yevich
(1866–1934)
Yastrebtsov [Yistriptsóff] (Yastrebtsev), Vasily Vasil'yevich (8–18–1866, Mogilev; 9–25–1934, L.). Writer on music and comp. Studied with Iogansen at the P. Cons. (1890–91) and later with N. Sokolov . Held administrative positions, incl. directorship of the Glinka and A. Rubinshtein museums of the P. Cons. Wrote a biography of N. Rimsky-Korsakov and did research on harmony and orchestration. Bibliography: Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music] (Moscow, 1973)