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Aleksandr Kastalsky

Russian composer and folklorist

Alexand(e)r Dmitriyevich Kastalsky (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Кастальский) (28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1856 – 17 December 1926) was a Russian composer and folklorist.

Kastalsky was born in Moscow to protoiereus (a title roughly equivalent to archpriest) Dmitri Ivanovich Kastalsky (1820–1891). He studied music theory, composition and the piano at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1887 he started teaching piano at Moscow Synodal School, and in 1891 became assistant precentor of the Moscow Synodal Choir. He was director of both from 1910–1918 until the school was dissolved and merged with the choral faculty of the Conservatory, and the choir was forced to move from sacred to folk repertory.

He wrote his first choral works in 1896. By 1917 he had written over 130 works and established himself as an important composer of the neo-Russian style with an influence on choral composers such as Sergei Rachmaninov, Victor Kalinnikov, Alexander Grechaninov and Pavel Chesnokov.

After the 1917 Revolution, he devoted himself to the study of folksongs. This resulted in many choral works from which the most important are The Village Symphony (1923) and Rural Work in Folksongs (1924).

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Works

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  • A Mercy of Peace, op. 6 (Znamenny Chant)
  • As Many Have Been Baptized, op. 18c (Znamenny Chant)
  • Blessed are they
  • Christ is Risen
  • Christmas Chant
  • Dogmatik, the 7th Tone (Znamenny Chant)
  • Doors of Thy Mercy
  • Lord, Now Lettest Thou (Demestvenny Chant)
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes II. Alleluia and With profound wisdom
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: I. Great Litany
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: III. Give rest, O our Saviour
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: IV. Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants, who have fallen asleep
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: IX. Give rest, O Lord
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: V. I will pour out my prayer
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: VI. With the saints give rest
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: VII. Thou alone art immortal
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: VIII. Thou art God, who descended into Hades
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: X. Triple Litany
  • Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes: XI. Memory Eternal
  • Open unto Us the Doors of Compassion
  • Praise Ye The Name of the Lord (Kiev Chant)
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: I. Requiem aeternam. Give Rest to the Souls
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: II. Kyrie eleison
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: III. Rex tremendae
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: IV. Ingemisco. Guilty, Now I Pour
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: IX. Hostias
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: V. Confutatis. While the Wicked Are Confounded
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: VI. Lacrymosa
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: VII. Domine Jesu. Now the Laborer's Task Is O'er
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: VIII. Beati Mortui
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: X. Interludium. From the Direction of the Japanese Troops, Gentle Music Is Heard
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XI. Sanctus
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XII. Agnus Dei
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XIII. What Sweetness in This World Is Not Mixed with Grief
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XIV. Rock of Ages
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XV. Kyrie eleison
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XVI. Interludium. Hymn to Indra
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers: XVII. Requiem aeternam
  • The Fraternal Commemoration
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: I. Requiem aeternam
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: II. Kyrie eleison
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: III. Toi qui es seul immortel
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: IV. Ingemisco. Guilty now I pour my moaning
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: IX. Sanctus. Benedictus
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: V. Confutatis. Tu es Dieu descendu aux enfers
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: VI. Lacrymosa
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: VII. Alleluia
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: VIII. Hostias
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: X. Agnus Dei
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: XI. Kyrie eleison
  • The Fraternal Commemoration: XII. Requiem aeternam
  • The Great Doxology no. 2, op. 57
  • The Great Litany
  • Today the Virgin, op. 7b (Znamenny Chant)
  • Августу единоначальствующу
  • Дева днесь
  • От юности моея
  • Пастырие вифлеемстии
  • С нами Бог
  • Стихи перед Шестопсалмием №1
  • Стихи перед Шестопсалмием №2