Alexander Ossovsky
Alexander Ossovsky (1871–1957) was a Russian musicologist, music theorist and music critic.
Also recorded as Alexander Vyacheslavovich Ossovsky · Aleksandr Ossovski · Alexander Ossowski · Aleksandr Ossowski
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Biography
Born at Chișinău in 1871, died in Saint Petersburg in 1957.
Alexander Ossovsky studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Dmitri Shostakovich is recorded as having studied under Alexander Ossovsky. The recorded working language is Russian.
The field of work recorded is musicology, music and music criticism.
Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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