Zeidman, Boris

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Zeidman, Boris

Zeidman, Boris, Russian composer and pedagogue; b. St. Petersburg, Feb. 10,1908; d. Tashkent, Dec. 30, 1981. He studied composition at the Leningrad Cons, with Maximilian Steinberg, graduating in 1931, and then taught music in various schools in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan.

Works

dramatic: DRAMATIC: Opera: The People’s Wrath (Baku, Dec. 28, 1941); Son of the Regiment (Baku, Feb. 23,1955); Zainab and Omon (1958); The Russians (1970). B a 1 1 e t : 77ze Gold Key (1955); The Dragon and the Sun (1964). ORCH.: 2 piano concertos (1931, 1935); Viola Concerto (1938); Bassoon Concerto (1938); Cello Concerto (1948); Songs of Struggle (1966); Violin Concerto (1968); Days of Spring (1971). OTHER: Chamber music; songs; teaching collections.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire