Konstantin von Stackelberg
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Konstantin von Stackelberg | |
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 Baron von Stackelberg in 17th century Russian court clothing during the 1903 Ball. | |
| Born | 15 June [O.S. 3] 1848 Strelna, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 March 1925 (aged 76) Tallinn, Estonia |
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| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Service/ |  Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1866-1917 |
| Rank |  General of the Cavalry |
| Children | 2 children |
Konstantin Nikolai Freiherr[1] von Stackelberg (Russian: Константи́н Ка́рлович Шта́кельберг, tr. Konstantín Kárlovich Shtákelʹberg; 15 June [O.S. 3] 1848 – 30 March 1925) was a Baltic German composer and cavalry general in the Imperial Russian Army. Stackelberg was best known for his compositions on music about the White Army during the Russian Civil War.[citation needed] He was the head of the Imperial Music Choir from 1883 to 1917 (now the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra)[2][3] and was also involved in improving the music in the Russian Army and Navy.[citation needed]
He was awarded Order of Prince Danilo I, Order of the Cross of Takovo and a number of other decorations.[4]
References
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ^ The Violin Times: A Journal for Professional and Amateur Violinists and Quartet Players. 1895.
- ^ Tarr, Edward H. (2003). East Meets West: The Russian Trumpet Tradition from the Time of Peter the Great to the October Revolution, with a Lexicon of Trumpeters Active in Russia from the Seventeenth Century to the Twentieth. Pendragon Press. ISBN 9781576470282.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 628.