Daniil Nikititsch Kaschin (1769 – December 1841) was a Russian composer, pianist, conductor, and folk-song collector.
[citation needed] Kaschin was born the son of a serf of General Bibikov.
He often conducted concerts involving extremely large forces - choirs of 300 and orchestras of 200 players.
He founded the Zhurnal otechestvennoy muzïki (Journal of National Music), which ran from 1806 to 1809, and published three volumes of Russian folk songs in his 1833-1834 Russkiye narodnïye pesni.
Some of his works make use of folk melodies, patriotic themes, and other nationalistic elements.