BORTNYANSKY, DMITRY STEPANOVICH

(1751, Glukhov, Ukraine – 10 October 1825, St. Petersburg)

Music director and composer for the Russian imperial court chapel, his Italianatepolyphonicchoral works for the Russian Orthodox Church anticipated the more freely imaginative church music ofAlexander Gretchaninoff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, andPiotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who edited his sacred works. (at)