Sergei Tolstoy (1863-1947), also known as Count Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy, was born in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, and died in Moscow, Russia. He was a composer and ethnomusicologist. Tolstoy was the eldest son of Leo Tolstoy, a Russian author regarded as one of the world's greatest novelists.
From 1881 to 1886, Tolstoy was enrolled in the Department of Natural Sciences, Physics, and Mathematics at Moscow University, while also attending classes at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1890, he became head of the zemstvo for Chernsky District, and from 1898 to 1899 he helped organize the Doukhobor community for resettlement in Western Canada and accompanied them to Lawlor Island in Nova Scotia. After his father's death in 1910, Tolstoy worked to preserve his legacy and Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate, as a museum.
From 1913 to 1914, he worked with Sufi mystic Inayat Khan, who was visiting Russia, and Tolstoy began his studies of Indian music. Until 1921, he was the Russian representative of Khan's personal Sufi Order. After the October Revolution in 1917, he worked in the music department of the People's Commissariat and participated in expeditions to gather folklore. He was a researcher at the State Institute of Musical Science from 1921 to 1930, and he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory from 1926 to 1930. Tolstoy was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. In the summer of 1900, Mary Baker Eddy heard that Tolstoy's father was ill and had two copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures sent to him in March 1901. Tolstoy sent a letter of acknowledgement and thanks to Eddy on his father's behalf.
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Sergei Tolstoy (1863-1947), also known as Count Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy, was born in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, and died in Moscow, Russia. He was a composer and ethnomusicologist. Tolstoy was the eldest son of Leo Tolstoy, a Russian author regarded as one of the world's greatest novelists.
From 1881 to 1886, Tolstoy was enrolled in the Department of Natural Sciences, Physics, and Mathematics at Moscow University, while also attending classes at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1890, he became head of the zemstvo for Chernsky District, and from 1898 to 1899 he helped organize the Doukhobor community for resettlement in Western Canada and accompanied them to Lawlor Island in Nova Scotia. After his father's death in 1910, Tolstoy worked to preserve his legacy and Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate, as a museum.
From 1913 to 1914, he worked with Sufi mystic Inayat Khan, who was visiting Russia, and Tolstoy began his studies of Indian music. Until 1921, he was the Russian representative of Khan's personal Sufi Order. After the October Revolution in 1917, he worked in the music department of the People's Commissariat and participated in expeditions to gather folklore. He was a researcher at the State Institute of Musical Science from 1921 to 1930, and he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory from 1926 to 1930. Tolstoy was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. In the summer of 1900, Mary Baker Eddy heard that Tolstoy's father was ill and had two copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures sent to him in March 1901. Tolstoy sent a letter of acknowledgement and thanks to Eddy on his father's behalf.
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