Alexey Nikolayevich Titov , was a Russia

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n composer and violinist.

Titov was born and died in St. Petersburg. Alongside his musical career, Titov was a major general

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 in the Russian cavalry

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. His music, most of which is for the stage (opera

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s, ballet

Ballet

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s, and incidental music

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), was primarily written for local St. Petersburg theater and dance companies. Strong Russian themes run through his choice of libretti

Libretto

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, and his music makes copious use of Russian folk music

Music of Russia

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. His son, Nicolai Alexeyevich Titov

Nicolai Alexeyevich Titov

Nicolai Alexeyevich Titov was a Russian composer.Titov's was a musical family; his father, Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, was a composer, as were his uncle Sergei Titov and his cousin Nicolai Sergeyevich Titov . Nicolai was never formally trained in music, and held a position in the Russian military...

, was a composer, as were several other family members.

Operas

Note:this list is incomplete.

• Andromeda and Perseus (1802)
• King Solomon's Judgment (1803)
• Judge Cupid, or The Argument of the Three Graces (1805)
• Yam, or The Post Station (1805)
• The Winter Party, or The Sequel to Yam (1808)
• The Wedding Eve Party, or Filakin's Wedding (1809)
• Polixena (1809)
• The Cossack Woman (1810)
• Maslenitsa (1813)