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Serge Koussevitzky
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Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and United States citizen who worked as a composer, conductor, musician, and music educator. Born Sergey in 1874 in Vyshny Volochyok, he played the double bass and spoke Russian. His work focused on classical music and conducting, with activities in Paris. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Koussevitzky’s notable works include *Music of Dimitri Shostakovich*, *Concerning interpretation*, *Poetry and music*, *Valse miniature*, and *Humoresque, opus 4, for string bass and piano*. He taught Lukas Foss. He died in Boston in 1951. His name in his native language was Шмуил Шахнович Кусевицкий, Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий, and his birth name was Шмуил Шахнович Кусевицкий.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1874
- Died
- 1951
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Music of Dimitri Shostakovich
- Concerning interpretation
- Poetry and music
- Valse miniature
- Humoresque, opus 4, for string bass and piano
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Poland
- Active from
- 1874
- Active to
- 1951
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,320
- Total plays
- 24,874
Tags
Serge Koussevitzky (July 26, 1874 – June 4, 1951) was a Russian-born Jewish conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Serge+Koussevitzky">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context
· 2014 · cited 26,164x
- Feature Pyramid Networks for Object Detection
· 2017 · cited 24,079x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,249x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vyshny Volochyok
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- music educator
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- double bass
- Image
- Serge Koussevitzky.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Commons category
- Serge Koussevitzky
- date of birth
- 1874-07-26
- date of death
- 1951-06-04
- student
- Lukas Foss
- name in native language
- Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий
- birth name
- Шмуил Шахнович Кусевицкий
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