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Alexander Mosolov
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aleksandr Vasilyevich Mosolov, Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Aleksandr Vasil′yevich Mosolov, Alexander Mossolov
Russian futurist composer (1900–1973)
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Alexander Vasilievich Mosolov (Russian: Александр Васильевич Мосолов, 29 July/11 August 1900, Kiev — 11 July 1973, Moscow), was a significant Russian avant-garde composer of the early Soviet era. The son of a lawyer (who died when he was five) and a singer at the Bolshoi Theatre, during the Revolutionary period in 1917-18 he worked in the office of the People's Commissioner for State Control, where he had fleeting personal contact with Lenin. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Mosolov"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Kyiv
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Student of
- Reinhold Glière
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Conflict
- Russian Civil War
- Work location
- Moscow
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- date of birth
- 1900-07-29
- date of death
- 1973-07-12
- place of burial
- Vvedenskoye Cemetery
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