Background
PYATNITSKIY, Mitrofan was born on June 21, 1864 in village Aleksandrovka, Voronezh Province.
PYATNITSKIY, Mitrofan was born on June 21, 1864 in village Aleksandrovka, Voronezh Province.
Graduate theological college. Took singing lessons from K. Everardi.
Made a study of peasant life and recorded folk songs. From 1901 member, Musical Ethnography Commission, Moscow Social of Amateur Natural Scientists, Anthropologists and Ethnographers. 1903 performed Russian songs at “ethnographic concerts” arranged by above society
1910 founded from Voronezh peasants the Folk Song Ensemble which subsequently became the Russian Folk Choir (from 1940 the Russian State Pyatnitskiy Folk Choir).