When the principal choirboy of the Imperial Court Capella, he drew the attention of the Empress Catherine II, who consigned him to the care of the Italian composer Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802).
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In the field of secular music Davydov participated in the composing of opera tetralogy Mermaid (together with Ferdinand Kauer and Catterino Cavos, 1803–1807, providing the additional music for the 1st, 3rd and 4th parts).
Stepan Levitsky | Stepan Bandera | Denis Davydov | Stepan Makarov | Stepan Krasovsky | Karl Davydov | Alfred Stepan | Stepan Topal | Stepan Shevyryov | Stepan Khilkov | Stepan Khalturin | Stepan Balmashov | Evgeny Davydov |