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Alexander Mosolov

1900 - 1973

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Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Мосоло́в, romanized: Aleksandr Vasilyevich Mosolov; 11 August [O.S. 29 July] 1900 – 11 July 1973) was a composer of the early Soviet era, known best for his early futurist piano sonatas, orchestral episodes, and vocal music. Mosolov studied at the Moscow Conservatory and achieved his greatest fame in the Soviet Union and around the world for his 1926 composition, Iron Foundry. Later conflicts with Soviet authorities led to his expulsion from the Composers' Union in 1936 and imprisonment in the Gulag in 1937. Following an early release, which had been argued for by his Conservatory teachers, Mosolov turned his attention to setting Turkmen and Kyrgyz folk tunes for orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Mosolov is the 944th most popular composer (down from 823rd in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alexander Mosolov ranks 944 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans von Koessler, Giovanni Animuccia, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Hubert Parry, André Cardinal Destouches, and Felix Draeseke. After him are Tan Dun, Egon Wellesz, Richard Heuberger, Vilém Blodek, Arnold Bax, and Sándor Veress.

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Among people born in 1900, Alexander Mosolov ranks 178. Before him are Roberto Arlt, Hélène Prévost, Serge Poliakoff, Spyridon Athanasopoulos, Semyon Lavochkin, and Boris Yefimov. After him are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Mikel Koliqi, Madeleine Renaud, Juan d'Arienzo, Charles Jewtraw, and Sumitranandan Pant. Among people deceased in 1973, Alexander Mosolov ranks 152. Before him are Paul Kletzki, Louis St. Laurent, Âşık Veysel, Alina Szapocznikow, Ira Sprague Bowen, and Paavo Talvela. After him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Mikhail Isakovsky, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Nancy Mitford, Lev Artsimovich, and Israel Albert Horowitz.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Alexander Mosolov ranks 539 out of 1,365. Before him are Demyan Bedny (1883), Yozhef Sabo (1940), Lyubov Panchenko (1938), Boris Yefimov (1900), Catherine Desnitski (1886), and Valeriy Pustovoitenko (1947). After him are Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), Ada Rogovtseva (1937), Dimitry of Rostov (1651), Sergei Kovalev (1930), Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904), and Valentin Mankin (1938).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Alexander Mosolov ranks 20. Before him are Myroslav Skoryk (1938), Maxim Berezovsky (1745), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Ciprian Porumbescu (1853), Alexander Spendiaryan (1871), and Nikolay Diletsky (1630). After him are Roman Vlad (1919), Igor Krutoy (1954), Heinrich Schenker (1868), Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813), Yuri Shaporin (1887), and Leo Ornstein (1895).

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