Boris Asafiev

Boris Asafiev

Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev ( _ru. Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев) ("Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev"; OldStyleDate|29 July|1884|17 July - 27 January 1949) was a Russian composer and writer.

Boris Asafiev lived in the Soviet Union where he had a strong musical influence. His compositions were mainly ballets and guitar compositions, and include "Flames of Paris", based on the French Revolution, and "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai", which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 2006.

His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include "The Book about Stravinsky" and "Glinka".

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