Nikolay Diletsky (Ukrainian: ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π° ΠΠΈΠ»Π΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Mykola Dyletsky, Russian: ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΠ°Π²Π»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠΈΠ»Π΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Nikolay Pavlovich Diletsky, Nikolai Diletskii, Polish: MikoΕaj Dylecki, also Mikolaj Dylecki, Nikolai Dilezki, etc.) (c. 1630, Kiev β after 1680, Moscow) was a theorist and composer of Ukrainian nationality, active in Russia. He was widely influential in late 17th-century Russia with his treatise on composition, A Musical Grammar, first survived version of which dated 1677. Read more on Last.fm