Konstantin von Stackelberg explained

Konstantin von Stackelberg
Honorific Prefix:Freiherr
Birth Place:Strelna, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Death Place:Tallinn, Estonia
Placeofburial:Narva
Branch: Imperial Russian Army
Serviceyears:1866-1917
Rank: General of the Cavalry
Children:2 children

Konstantin Nikolai Freiherr von Stackelberg (Russian: Константи́н Ка́рлович Шта́кельберг, tr. ; 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. He was the head of the Imperial Music Choir from 1883 to 1917 (now the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra)[1] [2] and was also involved in improving the music in the Russian Army and Navy.

He was awarded Order of Prince Danilo I, Order of the Cross of Takovo and a number of other decorations.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Violin Times: A Journal for Professional and Amateur Violinists and Quartet Players. 1895. en.
  2. Book: Tarr, Edward H.. 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. 2003. Pendragon Press. 9781576470282. en.
  3. Book: Acović, Dragomir. Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. 2012. Belgrade. Službeni Glasnik. 628.