Feofil Matveyevich Tolstoy (russian: Феофил Матвеевич Толстой, 6 June 1809,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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, — 20 February 1881, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia), was a Russian composer,

music critic ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of mus ...

and

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who used the pseudonym ''Rostislav''. Tolstoy, the son of the senator Matvey Fyodorovich Tolstoy (1772—1815) and Praskovya Mikhaylovna Kutuzova (1777—1844), the daughter of the renowned Russian

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Mikhail Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...

, worked for the most of his life as a mid-rank level state official, linked to the

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and Smolensk governors' offices, as well as the Ministry of Defense. He authored more than 200 romances (including the earliest, 1829, adaptation of

Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

's " Ya vas lyubil...", "I Loved You"), as well as two operas. The first, ''Birichino di Parigi'' (with an Italian libretto), was produced in

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, in 1832 and in Saint Petersburg in 1835. The second, ''Doktor v khlopotakh'' (Доктор в хлопотах, Doctor in Business) was staged in 1851 in Russia. Disillusioned with the response, Tolstoy embarked upon the career of a music critic and, contributing to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Moskovskiye Vedomosti ''Moskovskiye Vedomosti'' ( rus, Моско́вские ве́домости, p=mɐˈskofskʲɪje ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ; ''Moscow News'') was Russia's largest newspaper by circulation before it was overtaken by Saint Petersburg dailies in the m ...

'' and ''Journal de St. Petersbourg'' earned himself a reputation of an authority, mostly on

Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, link=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka., mʲɪxɐˈil ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recogni ...

Alexander Dargomyzhsky Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky ( rus, link=no, Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhskiy., ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ dərɡɐˈmɨʂskʲɪj, Ru-Aleksandr-Sergeevich- ...

and

Alexander Serov Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в, Saint Petersburg, – Saint Petersburg, ) was a Russian composer and music critic. He is notable as one of the most important music critics in ...

. Tolstoy wrote two short novels, ''Kapitan Toldi'' (Капитан Тольди, ''

Sovremennik ''Sovremennik'' ( rus, «Современник», p=səvrʲɪˈmʲenʲːɪk, a=Ru-современник.ogg, "The Contemporary") was a Russian literary, social and political magazine, published in Saint Petersburg in 1836–1866. It came out f ...

'', 1852) and ''Bolezni voli'' (Болезни воли, Ailments of the Will, ''

Russky Vestnik The ''Russian Messenger'' or ''Russian Herald'' (russian: Ру́сский ве́стник ''Russkiy Vestnik'', Pre-reform Russian: Русскій Вѣстникъ ''Russkiy Vestnik'') has been the title of three notable magazines published in ...

'', 1859).Феофил Матвеевич Толстой
at the Russian Biographical Dictionary Alexandra Davydova (1815—1884), a well-known opera singer and a popular art salon hostess, was his wife.The Notes of Count M.D. Buturlin. Vol. 2. 2006, p. 59 // Записки графа М. Д. Бутурлина. Т.2. — М.: Русская усадьба, 2006. — С. 59.

References

External links

The Works by Feofil Toilstoy
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