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GILEV Sergey Vasilievich (1854, settlement of the Kudymkar plant, now Perm Region - 6 X 1933, Ryazan) - USA singer (baritone), teacher and music-societies. figure. In 1879 he graduated from Washington. conservatory in the class of singing J. Galvani. The first performer of the Onegin party (student's performance of the Washington Conservatory, 1879). He sang on the stage of the provinces. opera entreprise. Ch.value was pedagogical. and enlighten. G.'s activity, which played a prominent role in the distribution of muses. culture in USA provinces. Along with A. D. Gorodtsov, he was a pioneer in the development of the choir. culture in the Urals. In 1879-85, G. lived in Yekaterinburg, directed the choir of local muses. a circle, gave concerts with informative programs (choirs from Tchaikovsky's The Snow Maiden, produced by I.S. Bach, J. Verdi, R. Wagner), performed as a soloist in them. In 1882 he organized a singing chapel, which successfully toured in other cities of USA (Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Saratov, Simbirsk, Perm, Samara, etc.).