Andrey Kazbiryuk

Andrey Kazbiryuk was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor. He was born in the Caucasus on October 7 (19), 1845 or, according to another version, October 7 (19), 1849, and died on March 27 (April 8), 1885 in Kyiv, Russian Empire.

He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Nikolai Zaremba. He later taught music theory at the conservatory and then at the music school of the Kyiv branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society.

Kazbiryuk wrote a number of romances to poems by Mikhail Lermontov, including "Dead Man's Love," and by Fyodor Tyutchev, including "I Still Languish with the Anguish of Desires" (1875), among others. He also composed works for piano, orchestra, choir, and solo voice.

Most of his compositions remained unpublished, with the exception of several romances and a troparion to Saints Cyril and Methodius for choir with piano accompaniment. During his Kyiv period, he also wrote several teaching manuals, including "Guide to the Study of Harmony," "145 Solfeggios for One Voice," and "A Popular Exposition of the Basic Principles of Music Theory, Adapted for Self-Instruction."

Among Kazbiryuk's students was the music critic and composer Pyotr Veymarn.

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