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Count Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy (Russian: Сергей Львович Толстой; 10 July 1863, Yasnaya Polyana – 23 December 1947, Moscow) was a composer and ethnomusicologist who was among the first Europeans to make an in-depth study of the music of India. He was also an associate of the Sufi mystic, Inayat Khan, and participated in helping the Doukhobors move to Canada.

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Sergei Tolstoy
Sergei Tolstoy (1900s)
Native name	Сергей Львович Толсто́й
Born	Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy (1863-09-28)28 September 1863 Yasnaya Polyana, Russian Empire
Died	23 December 1947(1947-12-23) (aged 84) Moscow, USSR
Resting place	Vvedenskoye cemetery
Nationality	Russian
Spouse	Maria Konstantinovna Rachinskaya Maria Nikolaevna Zubova
Children	Sergei Sergeyevich Tolstoy
Parents	Lev Tolstoy (father) Sophia Tolstaya (mother)

Biography

He was the eldest son of Leo Tolstoy. As a child, he studied music with his mother Sophia. He also studied composition with Sergei Taneyev. From 1881 to 1886, he was enrolled in the "Department of Natural Sciences, Physics and Mathematics" at Moscow University, while attending classes at the Moscow Conservatory taught by Nikolay Kashkin.[1]

After graduating, he worked in the Tula branch of the Peasants' Land Bank and later became a manager at the Saint Petersburg branch. In 1890, he became head of the zemstvo for Chernsky District, near the family estate.[1] Over the next ten years, he came to the defense of many Tolstoyans who were being suppressed for anti-government activities; notably Leopold Sulerzhitsky. From 1898 to 1899, he helped to organize the Doukhobor community for resettlement in Western Canada and accompanied them to Lawlor Island in Nova Scotia. He was married in 1895, but his wife died of tuberculosis five years later after a separation of two years. He remarried in 1906.[1]

During this time, he also composed, setting the words of several poets to music; including Pushkin, Fofanov, Fet and Tyutchev. At the "House of Song" competition in 1908, he was awarded a prize for his settings of ten poems by Robert Burns.

From 1913 to 1914, he worked with Inayat Khan, who was visiting Russia, and began his studies of Indian music. As a result, he agreed to provide the score for a ballet based on the play Shakuntala by Kālidāsa. In 1915, he published sheet music for "Hindu Songs and Dances" arranged for the piano. Until 1921, he was the Russian representative of Khan's personal Sufi Order.

He also worked to preserve his father's legacy, writing the first guide to Yasnaya Polyana in 1914, as well as several works about the role music played in Tolstoyan philosophy. He also served on a committee devoted to promoting his father's works.[1]

After the October Revolution, he worked in the music department of the People's Commissariat and participated in expeditions to gather folklore. From 1921 to 1930, he was a researcher at the State Institute of Musical Science and, from 1926 to 1930, he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. He was also a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and a member of the Union of Soviet Composers.[1] His personal papers are archived at the Glinka Museum [ru] in Moscow. Most of his music is unpublished and exists in manuscript only.

References

Further reading

• Sergei Tolstoy, Tolstoy Remembered by His Son, translated by Moura Budberg, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1961
• Sergej Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Journey to Canada (Diary and Correspondence) / Trans. J. Woodsworth; Ed. by A. Donskov // Slavic and East European Journal. — 2001. — Vol. 45, pt. 1. — (British Library Serials). — ISSN 0037-6752

External links

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На других языках

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[de] Sergei Lwowitsch Tolstoi

Graf Sergei Lwowitsch Tolstoi (russisch Сергей Львович Толстой, wiss. Transliteration Sergej L'vovič Tolstoj; geb. 10. Juli 1863 in Jasnaja Poljana; gest. 23. Dezember 1947 in Moskau), auch Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy, war ein russischer Komponist und Musikethnologe. Er gehörte zu den ersten Europäern, die eine eingehende Studie über die Musik Indiens durchführten. Er war auch ein Mitarbeiter des Sufi-Mystikers Inayat Khan und half den Duchoborzen, nach Kanada zu ziehen.

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- [en] Sergei Tolstoy

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[ru] Толстой, Сергей Львович

Граф Серге́й Льво́вич Толсто́й (также писал под псевдонимом С. Бродинский; 28 июня [10 июля] 1863, Ясная Поляна Тульской губернии — 23 декабря 1947, Москва) — один из первых композиторов и музыкальных этнографов России, работа которых охватывала не только русский и европейский фольклор, но и музыкальные традиции Индии.

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