Mikhail Gnessin

Mikhail Gnessin
Born(1883-02-02)2 February 1883
Died5 May 1957(1957-05-05) (aged 74)
Moscow, Russia
Burial placeNovodevichy Cemetery
EducationRostov Technical Institute
Occupation(s)Composer, teacher

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin (Russian: Михаил Фабианович Гнесин; sometimes transcribed Gnesin; 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1883 – 5 May 1957)[1] was a Russian Jewish composer and teacher.[1] Gnessin's works The Maccabeans and The Youth of Abraham earned him the nickname the "Jewish Glinka".[1]

  1. ^ a b c Sitsky, Larry. (1994) Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900–1929, pp. 242–243 & 247 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press

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