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Russian male classical composers

  • Alexander ScriabinAlexander Scriabin was born on Christmas Day 1871 in Moscow into a Russian noble family. His father Nikolai worked as a military attaché and later became an…
  • Nicolas SlonimskyNikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy was born in Saint Petersburg during the final years of the Russian Empire. His family background included a grandfather named…
  • Dmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born on the 9th of August 1875 in Podolskaya Street, then part of the Russian Empire.
  • Alfred SchnittkeAlfred Schnittke was born in Engels on the 24th of November 1934. His family moved to Vienna in 1946 when his father received a posting there.
  • Georgy SviridovGeorgy Vasilyevich Sviridov was born on the 16th of December 1915 in the town of Fatezh. His father, a Bolshevik sympathizer named Vasily, died when Georgy…