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Nikolay Nikolayevich Kedrov, Sr. (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ??????; October 28, 1871, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - Febrary 2, 1940, Paris, France) was a Russian composer of liturgical music, and the father of Nikolay Kedrov, Jr.. His setting of Otche Nash (the Lord's Prayer) is one of the best-known in the repertoire.
 
His daughter: Lila Kedrova.
 
His wife: a singer of Mariinsky Theatre Sofia Gladkaya (Kedrova) (ru: ????? ?????????? ???????) (1875-1965)
 
Nikolay Kedrov was born into a family of archpriest[1][2]. In 1894-1897 he studied singing at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and became an opera singer (baritone)[3], then performed at various theaters, including the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky Theatre.
 
In 1897 he organized the men's vocal quartet (official name: Saint Petersburg Russian vocal quartet; fr.: Quatuor vocal de Saint-Petersbourg[4])[5]. The first concert of the quartet held in the spring of 1898 in the Small Hall of St. Petersburg Conservatory. The repertoire of the quartet were Russian folk songs, ballads, opera music, then gradually liturgical music appeared. The quartet each year successfully toured Europe, including participation in Diaghilev's seasons. In the years 1913-1914 Feodor Chaliapin and the quartet recorded together musical album in London[3].
 
In 1917 Nikolay Kedrov became a professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatory[2].
 
Some time after the October Revolution, in 1922 the family emigrated from Russia and lived in Berlin, in 1928 moved to France. In Paris Nikolay Kedrov once again recreated the quartet - Quatuor Kedroff[1]. The repertoire of the ensemble in exile were the liturgical chants of the Russian Orthodox Church[3][4]. The quartet has had many appearances in France and toured in Europe and America[2].
 
At the same time, he taught at the Paris Conservatoire.
 
Nikolay Kedrov died Febrary 2, 1940 in Paris. He was buried in the cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery.
 
After his death, the ensemble was headed by his son Nikolay Kedrov, Jr..