Nikolai Roslavets, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolai Roslavets

Soviet modernist composer

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1881

Place of Birth: Surazh, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1944

Profession: composer, violinist, university teacher, musicologist, music theorist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets (Russian: ??????´? ?????´???? ??´??????) (4 January 1881 [O.S.
23 December 1880], Surazh, then in Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire, now in Bryansk Oblast, Russia – 23 August 1944, Moscow) was a significant Russian modernist composer of Russian origin.
Roslavets was a convinced modernist and cosmopolitan thinker; his music was officially suppressed from 1930 onwards. Among his works are five symphonic poems (three of them are lost), two violin concertos, five string quartets, two viola sonatas, two cello sonatas, six violin sonatas, and five piano trios.