Sergei Koussevitzky (Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий)


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Sheet music for Koussevitzky



[details ←] Concerto, Op. 3 (ZIMMERMANN) Piano,
[details ←] Chanson Triste, Op. 2 (ZIMMERMANN) Piano,
[details ←] Valse Miniature, Op. 1 No. 2 (ZIMMERMANN) Piano,
[details ←] Humoresque, Op. 4 Piano,
[details ←] Andante Piano, Bass,
[details ←] Humoresque Piano, Bass,
[details ←] Contrabass Concerto Piano, Bass,
[details ←] Contrabass Concerto Bass, Percussion,
[details ←] Chanson Triste Piano, Bass,

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Born: 26 July 1874 — Vysjni Volotsjok — Russia
Died: 4 June 1951 — Boston — USA
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Koussevitzky studied double bass and music theory at the St. Petersburg conservatory. In 1920 he went to Paris, where he met many famous composers, and in 1924 he left for the United States.

In 1922 Koussevitzky asked Maurice Ravel to orchestrate Mussorgski’s piano composition Pictures at an Exhibition.

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