Sokolovsky gypsy choir
The Sokolovsky gypsy choir (Russian "Соколовский хор") was founded by
Yar restaurant in Moscow ("Соколовский хор у Яра"). When his descendant Grigory Sokolov died leadership passed to Nikolai Shishkin.[2]
Leaders of the choir
- Ivan Trofimovich Sokolov (Иван Трофимович Соколов 1740s-1807) patriarch and founder of the choir.
- Ilya Sokolov (Илья Соколов)
- Grigory Sokolov
- Nikolai Shishkin
References
- ^ Tolstoy: A Russian Life Rosamund Bartlett - 2010 "The first Russian gypsy choir was formed in the 1770s by Count Orlov-Chesmensky, who brought together some of his gypsyserfs from the family of Ivan Sokolov ..
- ^ ЛЕГЕНДА О СОКОЛОВСКОЙ ГИТАРЕ (старинная цыганская легенда) (По книге "Сказки и песни, рожденные в дороге: цыганский фольклор", составители: Е. Друц и А. Гесслер) Главная редакция восточной литературы изд-ва «Наука», г.Москва 1985г.
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