Lev Gurilyov


Lev Stepanovich Gurilyov was a renowned Russian serf musician and composer of church music and liturgical works in the Italian style fashionable at the period. Father of pianist and composer Aleksander Gurilyov, he was a violin player and kapellmeister in the orchestra of Count Vladimir Grigorievich Orlov. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Sarti, he also studied music under the guidance of Irish composer John Field.

Musical works

Emancipated after the death of his owner in 1831, Lev Gurilyov composed many piano pieces and variations on Russian folk themes.