 In the 1680s he collaborated with Simeon Polotsky (a famed churchman, man of letters and tutor to the children of Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich), composing musical settings of Polotsky's psalter and an almanac of sacred poetry.In the 1680s Titov also joined Tsar Ivan's choir.When Tsar Fedor died in 1682, Titov retained his position in Tsar Ivan's choir.