Kerzelli family

Kerzelli (Russian: Керцелли, Керцель or Керцеллий; also spelled Cherzelli, Kerzelly, Kertsel, Kercel, Kerzel, or Kerzell) is the surname of a large family of musicians of Italian, Czech or Austrian origin, who settled in Russia in the 18th century. They were active in Moscow in the late eighteenth century and known for their contributions to the Russian musical stage. *Iosif Kerzelli or Iohann (also known as I. B. Kerzelli) was a composer and journalist working for the magazine «Музыкальные увеселения» (“Muzykalye uveseleniya” –“The Musical Amusements”, 1774-1775). His trios, choruses, dances etc. were printed there. In 1773 he started a musical college in Moscow, where his sons taught. *Franz Iosifovich Kerzelli was a cellist, Kapellmeister and composer of a cello concerto, a son of Iosif Kerzelli. He ran a series of concerts with symphony and rogovoi (horn) orchestras until the middle of the 1790s. *Ivan Kerzelli or Iohann Kerzelly (also known as I. I. Kerzelli, Iosif Iosifovich Kerzelli, or Iosif Kertsel, Russian: Иван Керцелли, Иосиф Иосифович Керцелли, И. И. Керцелли, or Иосиф Керцель) was a conductor in 18th-century Imperial Russia. (see main article) *Mikhail Franzevich Kerz