Vasily Polikarpovich Titov

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Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (ca. 1650-ca.1715) was a Russian composer. He held a position as a "singing clerk" under the czar, and wrote mostly sacred music, including services for the church and forty or so sacred concertos. He is best known for his polychoral pieces in the style of Nikolai Diletsky; in particular, he was known for a 1680 setting of the psalter as set in verse by Simeon Polotsky. Titov's composition Mnogaya leta, which was a prayer for the czar's health, was often sung in Russian Orthodox churches up until the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Gerald Abraham, "Titov, Vasily". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.