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Dmitrii Razumovskii (1818–1889)

Dmitrii Razumovskii

Priest and professor of church music history at the Moscow Conservatory (b. 1818; d. 1889), born Dmitrii Vasil'evich Razumovskii (Дмитрий Васильевич Разумовский, Dmitrij Vasil'evič Razumovskij, Dmitry Vasil'evich Razumovsky).

Tchaikovsky greatly valued Razumovskii's advice concerning traditional Russian choral singing, and sought his advice when composing his liturgical works.

Razumovskii also officiated at the composer's marriage to Antonina Miliukova in Moscow on 6/18 July 1877.

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Dmitrii Razumovskii:

• 2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Dmitrii Razumovskii have survived, dating from 1875 to 1877.