Exoticism in Music
Topic
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Aaron Avshalomov scores collection
Collection
0388-SCPA
Found in:
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract
Aaron Avshalomov was born in Nikolaievsk, Siberia on October 31, 1894 to Jewish-Russian parents. His father wanted Aaron to study medicine and sent him to Switzerland for that purpose in 1913. Instead, he enrolled in the Zürich Conservatory, where, for a few months, he received his only formal training in music. After the outbreak of World War I, Avshalomov left Europe, returning to Russia and then moving on to China and the United States, where he married his first wife, Esther Magidson, in...
Dates:
1933-1956, undated; Majority of material found within 1935-1955